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Negotiating Borders with Valores del Rancho

Texas A & M International University in Laredo, Texas

While much has been written on the effects of Mexican immigration in the United States, little research exists on the ways in which transnationals who have returned to Mexico have adapted to and/or transformed Mexican society. Ethnographic research conducted in Mexico shows how second-generation transnationals span class and national boundaries. The valores del rancho (rural values) that they see as traditional and that they believe they have received from their immigrant parents have in actuality been redefined and negotiated on the basis of transnationalism.

Key Words: Mexico • Transnationals • Immigration • Second generation • Class structure

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