Coyotes, Comadres, y Colegas: Theorizing the Personal in Ruth Behar's Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story
2005; Indiana University Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2979/mer.2005.5.2.149
ISSN1547-8424
Autores Tópico(s)Cultural Studies and Colonialism
ResumoWhen thinking about the U.S.-Mexican border, the contrasting images of products and people immediately cross my mind. A special issue of Time titled Welcome to Amexica lists some of the products that cross over from Mexico on daily basis: a million barrels of crude oil, 432 tons of bell peppers, 238,000 lightbulbs, 166 brand-new Volkswagen Beetles, 16,250 toasters, $51 million worth of auto parts, everything from the little plastic knob on the air conditioner to your cell-phone charger. It all comes
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