Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York

This article analyzes the history of the formation of a transnational market of indigenous Mixtec workers from the region of Montañade Guerrero in New York. Based on ethnographic work with undocumented Mixtec workers in the United States, this article examines the formation...

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Main Author: Rodolfo Hernández Corchado
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Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2019-01-01
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Online Access:http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3394
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description This article analyzes the history of the formation of a transnational market of indigenous Mixtec workers from the region of Montañade Guerrero in New York. Based on ethnographic work with undocumented Mixtec workers in the United States, this article examines the formation of labor migration from the South of Mexico. This research traces the history of proletarianization and re-configuration of class hierarchies within the indigenous proletariat from Montañade Guerrero as the product of old and new forms of dispossession that have transformed this region into a new reserve of labor.
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spelling doaj-art-5a0a65a65c1a47f7a57ffe9ab19d4dab2025-02-02T10:35:35ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12491390-12492019-01-012363193610.17141/iconos.63.2019.3394Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New YorkRodolfo Hernández Corchado0City University of New York, Estados UnidosThis article analyzes the history of the formation of a transnational market of indigenous Mixtec workers from the region of Montañade Guerrero in New York. Based on ethnographic work with undocumented Mixtec workers in the United States, this article examines the formation of labor migration from the South of Mexico. This research traces the history of proletarianization and re-configuration of class hierarchies within the indigenous proletariat from Montañade Guerrero as the product of old and new forms of dispossession that have transformed this region into a new reserve of labor.http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3394Indigenous MigrationsMontaña de GuerreroIndigenous ProletarianizationMexican Migration to New YorkOral History
spellingShingle Rodolfo Hernández Corchado
Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
Íconos
Indigenous Migrations
Montaña de Guerrero
Indigenous Proletarianization
Mexican Migration to New York
Oral History
title Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
title_full Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
title_fullStr Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
title_full_unstemmed Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
title_short Proletarianization and Dispossession of Mixtec Workers: Roots of Indigenous Migration to New York
title_sort proletarianization and dispossession of mixtec workers roots of indigenous migration to new york
topic Indigenous Migrations
Montaña de Guerrero
Indigenous Proletarianization
Mexican Migration to New York
Oral History
url http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3394
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