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This, paper draws from my dissertation research which is a mutli-sited ethnographic study of sexual identity formation among queer men in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and queer Mexican immigrant men living in Los Angeles. Based on interviews and hundreds of hours of participation, this paper explores the migratory and settlement processes of the immigrant participants to illuminate the ways in which sexuality, gender, migration and ethnicity intersect in their identity formation processes. I show that the "sexual migrants" (Carrillo 2004) - migrants whose migratory and settlement processes are structured largely by their sexuality - in this study are contributing to, what I call, a "delicate" cultural of migration among queer Mexican men. I argue that for all the immigrant participants, while their sexual identities as gay men are central to the sense of selves, their ethnic and immigrant identities also profoundly impact their subjectivities. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on transnationalism suggests that immigrants continue to maintain ties with the homeland even after they settle in a new country. This paper explores the extent of transnationalism among Iranian exiles living in Los Angeles by examining the role of the sending and receiving state, the number and quality of networks in Iran, and language maintenance among the 1.5 and second-generation. I draw on the general body of literature on immigration and transnationalism, the few studies that have been done on Iranian immigrants, and short vignettes to examine the relationship between transnationalism and exile communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines generation effects and migrations effects on Korean's collective memory of Korean history in the last century. Two hundred sixteen subjects from South Korea and the U.S. were asked to identify three important events in Korean history, and to provide reasons for their selections. This study contributes to the literature in the sociology of collective memory by examining a non-western, culturally homogeneous population in a homeland, and comparing them with their emigrant counterparts. This study confirms the generation effect identified in previous collective memory studies, and the discussion highlights the differences in reasons for selecting events as reflective of respondents' direct or indirect experience of historical events. The study explores the emigration effect on collective memories, and offers suggestions for how future studies might account for the effect of migration patterns on collective memory. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research will improve understanding of immigrant redistribution and adaptation by studying flows and economic adaptation strategies of foreign-born residents who out-migrate from New York City and Los Angeles to secondary destinations in the U.S. urban system. Two broad questions frame this research. First, to what extent are immigrants ?churning? through these gateway cities and where do they go, domestically, when they leave? Second, when immigrants out-migrate from these gateway cities to other nodes in the U.S. urban system, do they take their local ?ethnic economies? with them, that is, do they cluster in similar types of employment in major receiving areas as they do/did in NYC and LA? The primary source of data for this research is the 1980 and 1990 PUMS (also the 2000 PUMS, if available in time for analysis). Preliminary results indicate substantial gross foreign-born outmigration from NYC and LA, which points to the need to better understand how immigrants from these gateway centers insert themselves in new labor market contexts throughout the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of fruit vendors working on street corners in Los Angeles has risen dramatically in the last few decades. This is due in part to the increased international and internal migration of undocumented labor migrants facilitated by kinship and paisano ties and to saturated occupational sectors where undocumented laborers might find work. In a city where street vending is prohibited, the rising number of vendors has increased visibility and risks. How do vendors maneuver through these risks? Based on over four years of ethnographic research, in-depth interviews, and participant observation with groups of fruit vendors, this paper examines the use and reliance on kinship and paisano networks. Social networks allow everyday problems and more serious risks to be mollified and function as financial safety nets after countywide crackdowns occur. However, because risk cannot be completely eliminated, the crackdowns that do occur are not only financially debilitating for the fruit vendor who experiences them but also for the network of which he or she is a part. This contributes to a cycle of low income, high debt, and minimal to no upward mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines transnational practices among the 1.5- and second-generation Asian immigrants and their implications for political incorporation using the data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles. The study sample consists of the adults children (ages 20-40) of Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Vietnamese immigrants with full information (n=1,403). There are variations in number of sustained transnational practices between and within ethnic groups, but findings generally support for the arguments of "resource-dependent transnationalism" and "reactive transnationalism." In addition, sustained transnational practices have a positive and significant effect on participatory political activities above and beyond other variables. Based on these findings, this article concludes with a discussion of theoretical and policy implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the fertility differences between Mexican-origin generations and non-Hispanic whites using a dataset that permits isolation of a true third generation (as opposed to a third-plus generation). Using Poisson regression, we analyze the number of children ever born from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles (IIMMLA) survey. By the third generation, fertility levels of those of Mexican origin are not significantly different from non-Hispanic whites. Controlling for the influences of other factors, the pattern of fertility differences is consistent with a delayed incorporation theoretical perspective. We also use unique longitudinal data from IIMMLA on Mexican origin respondents' census tracts of residence to assess replenishment hypotheses about contextual effects [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]