Constructing social identities in transnational contexts: The case of the Mexico-US border

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 159, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Vila, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; MIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

CHIHUAHUA STATE; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033013741     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2451.00178     Document Type: Article

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