Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
<span>This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same...
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doaj-b9104647e2914f83b9450eaef027c70c2020-11-25T01:29:36ZengUniversidad Autonoma de Baja CaliforniaEstudios Fronterizos0187-69612395-91342002-07-012493114329Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migrationMichelle J. Moran-Taylor0Arizona State University.<span>This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same time, are vital agents for change in Guatemalan society. Little is known about the processes and patterns behind Guatemalan migration despite the fact that over 10 percent of Guatemala’s population currently resides in the United States. Most Guatemalans in Phoenix, regardless of their length of residence in the United States, express longings for return to their homeland. In part, this strong notion of return prevails because the Guatemalan community in the Phoenix metropolitan area is not cohesive.</span>http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/279Migrantes guatemaltecosideologíaprocesos y patrones durante la migración |
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration |
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Universidad Autonoma de Baja California |
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Estudios Fronterizos |
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0187-6961 2395-9134 |
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2002-07-01 |
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<span>This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same time, are vital agents for change in Guatemalan society. Little is known about the processes and patterns behind Guatemalan migration despite the fact that over 10 percent of Guatemala’s population currently resides in the United States. Most Guatemalans in Phoenix, regardless of their length of residence in the United States, express longings for return to their homeland. In part, this strong notion of return prevails because the Guatemalan community in the Phoenix metropolitan area is not cohesive.</span> |
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Migrantes guatemaltecos ideología procesos y patrones durante la migración |
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