De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México

This work tries to apply the various meanings of the term frontera (border) (understood as a boundary, as colonizations front line, and as a symbolic and an ethnic divide) to the life experiences of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, which unfolds in two phases: asylum and integration. An analysis of...

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Autor principal: Edith F. Kauffer Michel
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Publicado: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte 2005
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d3e138d5de5b4f65a7ffce4779fbf0052021-11-11T14:54:55ZDe la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México0187-73722594-0260https://doaj.org/article/d3e138d5de5b4f65a7ffce4779fbf0052005-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=13603401https://doaj.org/toc/0187-7372https://doaj.org/toc/2594-0260This work tries to apply the various meanings of the term frontera (border) (understood as a boundary, as colonizations front line, and as a symbolic and an ethnic divide) to the life experiences of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, which unfolds in two phases: asylum and integration. An analysis of information gathered from fieldwork during these two processes lays bare the prominence, in the first phase, of the border as a political boundary, whereas prevalence of ethnic divisions characterizes the second phase, as the former refugees and Mexicans who were interviewed revealed.Edith F. Kauffer MichelEl Colegio de la Frontera Nortearticleasylum ethnicity integration southeast méxico guatemalachiapas borderUrban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395Social sciences (General)H1-99ENESFrontera Norte, Vol 17, Iss 34, Pp 7-36 (2005)
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topic asylum ethnicity integration southeast méxico guatemala
chiapas border
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Social sciences (General)
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spellingShingle asylum ethnicity integration southeast méxico guatemala
chiapas border
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Edith F. Kauffer Michel
De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
description This work tries to apply the various meanings of the term frontera (border) (understood as a boundary, as colonizations front line, and as a symbolic and an ethnic divide) to the life experiences of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, which unfolds in two phases: asylum and integration. An analysis of information gathered from fieldwork during these two processes lays bare the prominence, in the first phase, of the border as a political boundary, whereas prevalence of ethnic divisions characterizes the second phase, as the former refugees and Mexicans who were interviewed revealed.
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title De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
title_short De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
title_full De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
title_fullStr De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
title_full_unstemmed De la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en México
title_sort de la frontera política a las fronteras étnicas: refugiados guatemaltecos en méxico
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