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Cultural Anthropology, Globalization, Urban Ethnography
Development and Migration |
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My research focuses on the social strategies that Mexican immigrants use to navigate the terrain of work and society in the United States. This involves the agency of immigrant workers in overcoming challenges and establishing themselves as workers and members of households and communities in the U.S. My research has shown how a cohort of Mexican immigrant workers in Chicago create and use social networks, attain resources, combat economic insecurity, nurture dignity and self-esteem, and promote norms that cultivate and help sustain markets for their labor. My research complements existing research which has focused on the structural conditions that encumber immigrants, by showing how immigrants themselves react and adapt to these conditions.
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