Jornalero [electronic resource] : being a day laborer in the USA

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Jornalero: [electronic resource]: being a day laborer in the USA / Juan Thomas Ordo?n?ez.
개인저자	Ordo?n?ez, Juan Thomas, 1976, author.
발행사항	Oakland, California: University of California Press, [2015].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Ordo?n?ez, Juan Thomas, 1976- author. Jornalero 9780520277854
ISBN	9780520959965 0520959965
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	La parada de Berkeley -- Friendship and the inner workings of day labor -- Abuse and the absurd bureaucracy of small things -- The "other" among others -- Bittersweet nostalgia, sexuality, and the body at risk -- Belonging -- Terror and the May migra panic.
요약	"The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. These sites, typically frequented by immigrant Latin American men--mostly taken to be 'undocumented' immigrants--constitute an important source of unskilled manual labor that sustains building, landscaping, and moving activities in the country. Despite their ubiquitous presence in urban areas, however, much of the research on immigration overlooks day laborers' very existence. While standing in plain view, these men live and work in a precarious environment: As they try to make enough money to send home, they are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, doing dangerous and underpaid work, and, ultimately, experiencing great threats to their identities and social roles as men. Born and raised in Colombia by an American mother and Colombian father, Juan Thomas Ordo?n?ez spent two years on an informal labor site in the Bay Area, documenting the harsh lives led by some of these men during the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades. Another Latin American among mainly Mexican and Central American day laborers, he gained a vantage on the immigrant experience based on close relationships with a cohort of men whose lives unravel in a setting of competition, stress, loneliness, and resilience. Both eye-opening and heart-breaking, this account offers a unique perspective on how the informal economy of undocumented labor truly functions in American society"--Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	California --Berkeley. --fast
일반주제명	Day laborers --California --Berkeley. Foreign workers, Latin American --California --Berkeley. Illegal aliens --Employment --California --Berkeley. Day laborers. Foreign workers, Latin American. Illegal aliens --Employment. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
분류기호(DDC)	331.5440979467
언어	영어
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