Crafting connections: maya linkages between Guatemalas Altiplano and El Norte
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| contents | Crafting connections: maya linkages between Guatemalas Altiplano and El Norte Michelle J. Moran Taylor Demografía social ties communications grassroots organizing Transnational migration Guatemalan Maya migration International migration constitutes one of the most significant phenomena impacting Guatemalatoday. About a million and a half Guatemalans live and work in rural and urban cities andtowns across the United States and Canada. Like many other migrant groups, most Guatemalanssustain strong transnational linkages between their homeland and el norte (the United States). Inthe Guatemalan example highlighted in this article, such bonds owe much to the long-standingGuatemalan-U.S. historical connections, to the country´s geographic priximity to the United States.Drawing on ethnographic material, this article examines the divergent kinds of transnationalconnections that Maya indigenous (K´iche´) migrants craft and keep alive between their homecommunity and their two primary destination localities in the United StatesHouston, Texas and LosAngeles, California. The article shows the different means of communication and technology, as wellas the varying types of transnational organizing particularly grass-roots efforts that help shapecurrent linkages between those who go and those who stay 2004 artículo científico 0187-6961 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53051004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=530 Estudios Fronterizos application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Estudios Fronterizos (México) Num.10 Vol.5 |
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| spellingShingle | Crafting connections: maya linkages between Guatemalas Altiplano and El Norte Michelle J. Moran Taylor Demografía social ties communications grassroots organizing Transnational migration Guatemalan Maya migration Crafting connections: maya linkages between Guatemalas Altiplano and El Norte Michelle J. Moran Taylor Demografía social ties communications grassroots organizing Transnational migration Guatemalan Maya migration International migration constitutes one of the most significant phenomena impacting Guatemalatoday. About a million and a half Guatemalans live and work in rural and urban cities andtowns across the United States and Canada. Like many other migrant groups, most Guatemalanssustain strong transnational linkages between their homeland and el norte (the United States). Inthe Guatemalan example highlighted in this article, such bonds owe much to the long-standingGuatemalan-U.S. historical connections, to the country´s geographic priximity to the United States.Drawing on ethnographic material, this article examines the divergent kinds of transnationalconnections that Maya indigenous (K´iche´) migrants craft and keep alive between their homecommunity and their two primary destination localities in the United StatesHouston, Texas and LosAngeles, California. The article shows the different means of communication and technology, as wellas the varying types of transnational organizing particularly grass-roots efforts that help shapecurrent linkages between those who go and those who stay 2004 artículo científico 0187-6961 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53051004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=530 Estudios Fronterizos application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Estudios Fronterizos (México) Num.10 Vol.5 |
| title | Crafting connections: maya linkages between Guatemalas Altiplano and El Norte |
| topic | Demografía social ties communications grassroots organizing Transnational migration Guatemalan Maya migration |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=53051004 |