Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community

Focusing on the Mexican-origin, working-class city of La Puente in Los Angeles County, California, this book examines Mexican Americans’ everyday attitudes toward and interactions with Mexican immigrants—a topic that has so far received little serious stu

* List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments *1. Introducing Becoming Neighbors *2. Theorizing about Mexican American-Mexican Immigrant Relations in "Occupied Mexico" *3. "Where the Past Meets the Future": Centering La Puente *4. "This Is Who I Am": Negotiating Racial/Ethnic Constructions *5. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place, with No Easy Answers": Structuring Conflict *6. "We Can't Forget Our Roots": Building Solidarity *7. Constructing Puentes: Mexican American and Mexican Immigrant Mobilization *8. Revisiting and Envisioning the Processes of Becoming Neighbors * Appendix: The Politics of Research * Notes * References * Index