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Lädt ... There's No Jose Here: Following the Hidden Lives of Mexican Immigrantsvon Gabriel Thompson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Minireview: An engaging narrative of some of Thompson's interactions with Mexican immigrants in Brooklyn, particularly the gregarious cabbie Enrique. After getting to know these immigrants and their families as a community organizer, Thompson explores their histories and visits their home towns in southern Mexico. Although somewhat narrowly focused, the book does a good job of putting a "human face" on Mexican immigrants and immigration. ( ) Clearly Thompson's first book. It sets out to chronicle the struggles of illegal Mexican immigrants in New York City by profiling a family Thompson befriended while working as a housing advocate in Brooklyn. It's an interesting and eye-opening story, particularly when Thompson visits Mexico to interview the families who depend on husbands and children working in America to survive, but the writing is uneven and Thompson can never decide if he wants to be a character in the book or a silent omniscient narrator. Sometimes it feels as if the experience of this single family is a little too narrow for the conclusions that Thompson wants to draw -- if they're really living the archetypical illegal immigrant life, I need more data to back it up. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Mexican immigration has become one of the most polarizing issues and will remain a central issue in the coming years. Once Mexicans had a sizable presence in a few select states like California, Texas, Arizona and New York; today the fastest growing populations are in places like North Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee.. What motivates people to risk their very lives, and why don't Mexicans just "play by the rules" and enter legally? How do they cope, living in a strange country among people that speak a language they can't understand? And after everything they have gone through, do they see immigration as a blessing, a curse, or something in between? There's No Jose Here allows Mexicans in the U.S. to speak in their own words. The central narrative follows Enrique, a 34-year-old livery cab driver who came to the US illegally at the age of 16 and has since seen his daughter lead poisoned, his mother abandoned in Mexico by his father, his cousin murdered on the streets of Brooklyn, and his best friend deployed to Iraq. This book gives readers a look into these stories as people struggle to survive in a new and often hostile land. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)305.5620896872073Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Class Lower, alienated, excluded classes Working classKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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