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# Migrant Imaginaries: Latino Cultural Politics in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Nation of Nations, 12)

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    Valuable Work Puts Reader in Migrants' Place
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2009*

At no other time in the Western Hemisphere had there been a transfer of contract workers so large as from 1942 to 1964 when Mexico agreed to lend the United States an estimated five million laborers in the Bracero Program.  This program was the pinnacle of a century-long migration of Mexican workers to the U.S. to find work and in Migrant Imaginaries, Alicia Schmidt Camacho explores not only the hardships these migrants faced, but the sacrifices they made, the people they left behind and the rights for which they fought.The most impressive aspect of Schmidt Camacho's book is her extensive use of primary sources, especially direct quotes from migrant workers.  The reader's mind opens when they can place themselves in the migrants' place, fighting for their rights, trying to survive despite wretched working conditions in order to earn a living.  Schmidt Camacho makes certain her audience is well informed of the why the migrant worker left Mexico (high unemployment), how they were transported to their place of labor (train, bus) and what the physical and psychological conditions were like for the worker (backbreaking, imprisoned.)  The migrant was so cut off from the only way of life they knew and the only country they called home, they were forced to imagine their ties to their native land and their families.  In America, Mexican migrants had to dream of their rights because in reality, when they opened up their eyes, there were none.  Schmidt Camacho deftly explores the state of mind of the migrant worker whose identity is stripped, skills exploited and liberties cheated.Migrant Imaginaries does fail to fully engross the reader, however.  Though Schmidt Camacho's research is thorough and her historical evidence is overwhelming, the book is purely a collection of essays that jump from topic to topic with weak connections between chapters.  The overall theme of the book, Latino cultural politics in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, worked well as the umbrella under which each essay was placed, however it would be more effective to include different authors' research on the same subject matter rather than constantly feeding Schmidt Camacho's opinions as gospel.  Granted, this is her book, but the way it was laid out and dominated by only her opinion does not do the topic justice.  The reader needs to understand contrasting viewpoints on topics like transborder solidarity, class racism and the impact of songs on the migrants' morale, for example.  That this was done is not a failing of the book or the author, but merely a lost opportunity to fully expose the reader to a wider range of theories, opinions and stories from this chapter of Mexico-United States history.  Though different researchers may not agree with everything she writes, including parts of them will give her own opinion more strength and conviction.A slice of history Schmidt Camacho did capture quite well is her commentary on the work of the Hermanos Mayo.  The five brothers became well-known throughout Mexico for their photography documenting human drama in the day-to-day life of Mexicans.  Their photographs' impact extended so far as to play a part in democratizing their country's mass media, something that had always been under government control.  Schmidt Camacho includes two Hermanos Mayo photographs in Migrant Imaginaries, both documenting the bracero experience.  In one, the photo depicts a bracero exchanging money at the border on his way to the United States.  Her commentary on the scene gives the reader rich insight as to what the man had just endured:  "His modest clothes imply that the bracero had gone into debt for this contract."  The other photo displays a bracero on a train leaving his wife and two children behind.  Schmidt Camacho reads into each person's facial expression in the photo, even to where they are looking--all of which she makes and educated guess as to the well-being of their relationships' status.  She states, "The man and woman appear to not be communicating at all even as they hoist the child between them."  Studied commentary like this make effective use of primary sources and thus, add a layer of profundity to the migrant experience.Schmidt Camacho's work clearly presents what it meant to belong in a country that did not want you as a citizen, only a laborer.  Migrant Imaginaries stands out in that the reader gets to see history from the migrant's perspective through primary sources like songs, photographs and narratives.  The imagined tie to home while struggling for rights, identity and dignity abroad provide a unique study in a book that clearly lays out one author's research, opinions and assumptions.

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    Five Stars
  

*by E***O on Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018*

A compelling analysis of what migration is and how it is lived.

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    A must read
  

*by N***A on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2009*

This is one of the most exciting books that I have read on immigration and what it means to belong.  Schmidt-Camacho finds innovative ways to illustrate how immigrants contest their domination and imagine their social belonging.  This book is a must read for anyone interested in immigration studies, border politics, and national belonging--or simply interested in humanity.  I have recommended it to practically every student who has come to talk to me since I picked it up.

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