Defiant Braceros
In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While...
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| description | In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers’ lives — such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros — Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1520722025-07-21T15:44:46Z Defiant Braceros Loza, Mireya Gender and Sexuality of Mexican Migrants Racial Identity, Indigeneity, and Migration Bracero Program Guest Workers Agricultural Labor Public History Memory Oral History Latino Social Movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXU Trade unions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXN Industrial arbitration and negotiation thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNX Industrial relations, occupational health and safety::KNXU Trade unions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers’ lives — such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros — Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. 2025-02-17T05:59:57Z 2025-02-17T05:59:57Z 2025-01-28T11:30:43Z 2016 book ONIX_20250128_9798890850966_3 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98047 9798890850966 9781469629766 9781469629780 9798890850959 9781469629773 9781469629759 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/152072 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98047/1/9798890850966.pdf The University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press 10.5149/9781469629773_Loza 10.5149/9781469629773_Loza f46e5319-8d09-4c63-b9f2-a13480694ab4 dcf50849-b837-420d-ac46-64995a7bf0d4 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9798890850966 9781469629766 9781469629780 9798890850959 9781469629773 9781469629759 University of North Carolina Press 254 Chapel Hill [...] National Endowment for the Humanities U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities 10.13039/100000103 open access |
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