Reimagining the Immigrant examines integrative practices by residents towards Mexican immigrants in a small farm town in America. This groundbreaking book sheds light on the coexisting practices of discrimination and accommodation and the ways in which immigrants and established residents reimagine ethnic identity in a more positive light.

Autorentext

BRIAN D. HALEY is Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, USA and co-editor of Imagining Globalization: Language, Identities, and Boundaries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Inhalt
Introduction The Changing Farm and Town Making Social Categories from Local Roots and Class The Rhetoric and Practice of Ethnicity Institutions, Leadership, and Community 'We want our town back!' Sources of Local Integration The Delictum Vineyards Scandal and its Aftermath Immigration's Dual Outcomes