When Immigrants Root And Transnational Communities Grow

This study presents a shift in the scope of the transnationalism model by focusing on the analysis of the place where immigrants put down the roots of their transnational identity. A brief historical review of Dentón, in the North Texas region, identifies a particular neighborhood, South East Dentón...

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Published in:Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development 2009-07, Vol.38 (2/3/4), p.121-148
Main Author: Cruz, Alicia Re
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Anthropology
Barrios
Censuses
Cities
Communities
Community
Community development
Cultural identity
Ethnic Identity
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Human migration
Identity
Immigrants
International borders
International migration
Latin American Cultural Groups
Marginality
Mexicans
Migrant communities
Noncitizens
Texas
Transnationalism
U.S.A
Urban anthropology
Urban studies
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Summary:This study presents a shift in the scope of the transnationalism model by focusing on the analysis of the place where immigrants put down the roots of their transnational identity. A brief historical review of Dentón, in the North Texas region, identifies a particular neighborhood, South East Dentón (SED) as an assigned area for the displaced African-Americans and their social marginalization, which has been re-infused with more current cultural and ethnic meanings of displacement displayed by new arrivals, the Latino immigrants. Latino immigrants have followed the same conduit of displacement and marginality and now they constitute a large ethnic and cultural component of the SED barrio.The study of the place where immigrants put down the roots of their transnational identity, coupled with the broad analysis of demographic currents and immigration policies, illuminate the cultural strategies in resisting the effects of discriminatory policies against Latino immigrants.
ISSN:0894-6019
2328-1022