Chinese Mexicans

Transpacific Migration and the Search for a Homeland, 1910-1960

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Mexico, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
Cover of the book Chinese Mexicans by Julia María Schiavone Camacho, The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Julia María Schiavone Camacho ISBN: 9780807882597
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Julia María Schiavone Camacho
ISBN: 9780807882597
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

At the turn of the twentieth century, a wave of Chinese men made their way to the northern Mexican border state of Sonora to work and live. The ties--and families--these Mexicans and Chinese created led to the formation of a new cultural identity: Chinese Mexican. During the tumult of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, however, anti-Chinese sentiment ultimately led to mass expulsion of these people. Julia Maria Schiavone Camacho follows the community through the mid-twentieth century, across borders and oceans, to show how they fought for their place as Mexicans, both in Mexico and abroad.
Tracing transnational geography, Schiavone Camacho explores how these men and women developed a strong sense of Mexican national identity while living abroad--in the United States, briefly, and then in southeast Asia where they created a hybrid community and taught their children about the Mexican homeland. Schiavone Camacho also addresses how Mexican women challenged their legal status after being stripped of Mexican citizenship because they married Chinese men. After repatriation in the 1930s-1960s, Chinese Mexican men and women, who had left Mexico with strong regional identities, now claimed national cultural belonging and Mexican identity in ways they had not before.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

At the turn of the twentieth century, a wave of Chinese men made their way to the northern Mexican border state of Sonora to work and live. The ties--and families--these Mexicans and Chinese created led to the formation of a new cultural identity: Chinese Mexican. During the tumult of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, however, anti-Chinese sentiment ultimately led to mass expulsion of these people. Julia Maria Schiavone Camacho follows the community through the mid-twentieth century, across borders and oceans, to show how they fought for their place as Mexicans, both in Mexico and abroad.
Tracing transnational geography, Schiavone Camacho explores how these men and women developed a strong sense of Mexican national identity while living abroad--in the United States, briefly, and then in southeast Asia where they created a hybrid community and taught their children about the Mexican homeland. Schiavone Camacho also addresses how Mexican women challenged their legal status after being stripped of Mexican citizenship because they married Chinese men. After repatriation in the 1930s-1960s, Chinese Mexican men and women, who had left Mexico with strong regional identities, now claimed national cultural belonging and Mexican identity in ways they had not before.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Death Is a Festival by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book The Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Germans to the Front by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Country Soul by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Rudolf Otto by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Super-Scenic Motorway by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book A Republic in Time by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book The NAACP's Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Slavery on Trial by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book The New Politics of North Carolina by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book The Three Graces of Val-Kill by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Meaning Over Memory by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book Himmler's Auxiliaries by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
Cover of the book The Mortal Wounding of Stonewall Jackson by Julia María Schiavone Camacho
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy