Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration

Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration

This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same time, are v...

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Main Author: Moran-Taylor, Michelle J.
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2002
Online Access:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/279
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-2792023-01-04T20:46:26Z Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration Moran-Taylor, Michelle J. Guatemalan migrants ideology processes and patterns during migration Political science International relations migration Sociology economy Demographics culture social Problems Migrantes guatemaltecos ideología procesos y patrones durante la migración Ciencia política Relaciones internacionales Migración Sociología Economía Demografía Cultura Problemas sociales This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same time, are vital agents for change in Guatemalan society. Little is known about the processes and patterns behind Guatemalan migration despite the fact that over 10 percent of Guatemala’s population currently resides in the United States. Most Guatemalans in Phoenix, regardless of their length of residence in the United States, express longings for return to their homeland. In part, this strong notion of return prevails because the Guatemalan community in the Phoenix metropolitan area is not cohesive. Este escrito es un estudio acerca de la ideología de retorno existente en los migrantes guatemaltecos que actualmente viven y trabajan en la ciudad de Phoenix, ubicada en la zona suroeste del desierto de Arizona, en los Estados Unidos. En el área metropolitana de Phoenix, los guatemaltecos —tanto del grupo ladino como del grupo maya— se suman al mosaico cultural de la ciudad, y al mismo tiempo son agentes de cambio vitales de la comunidad guatemalteca a la cual pertenecen. Muy poco se sabe acerca de los procesos y patrones que hay detrás de la migración de los habitantes de Guatemala hacia los Estados Unidos, a pesar de que 10% de la población de aquel país reside actualmente en la unión americana. La mayoría de los guatemaltecos que viven en Phoenix, independientemente del tiempo que tienen residiendo en los Estados Unidos, expresan un profundo deseo de regresar a su lugar de origen. Parte de este fuerte sentimiento de retorno prevalece debido a que la comunidad guatemalteca del área metropolitana de Phoenix no se encuentra unida. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2002-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Based on ethnographic observations, informal interviews, and formal interviews Based on ethnographic observations, informal interviews, and formal interviews application/pdf text/html https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/279 10.21670/ref.2001.04.a03 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 2 No. 4 (2001); 93-114 Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 2 Núm. 4 (2001); 93-114 2395-9134 0187-6961 eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/279/434 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/279/815 Derechos de autor 2014 Estudios Fronterizos Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
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title Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
title_short Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
title_full Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
title_fullStr Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
title_full_unstemmed Nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: Guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
title_sort nostalgia por la tierra, nostalgia por el dolar: guatemalan transnational lives and ideology of return migration
description This paper addresses the ideology of return among contemporary Guatemalan migrants living and working in the southwestern desert city of Phoenix in Arizona. In Phoenix’s metropolitan area, Guatemalans (both Ladino and Maya ethnic groups) add to the city’s cultural mosaic, and at the same time, are vital agents for change in Guatemalan society. Little is known about the processes and patterns behind Guatemalan migration despite the fact that over 10 percent of Guatemala’s population currently resides in the United States. Most Guatemalans in Phoenix, regardless of their length of residence in the United States, express longings for return to their homeland. In part, this strong notion of return prevails because the Guatemalan community in the Phoenix metropolitan area is not cohesive.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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