La Lucha: framing the struggle for survival, double consciousness and the economy of identity for undocumented Latina/os.
Undocumented Latina/os often describe their lives as 'la lucha', the struggle. To make ends meet 'hay que batallar', one must battle, work hard to 'salir adelante', get ahead. La lucha is interpretable as a frame that demarcates how undocumented Latina/os employ the performance of economic tasks to...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 49; no. 13; pp. 3492 - 3511 |
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