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Shared Social Space and Strategies To Find Work: An Exploratory Study of Mexican Day Laborers in Freehold, N.J.

Shared Social Space and Strategies To Find Work: An Exploratory Study of Mexican Day Laborers in Freehold, N.J.

Authors :
Cleaveland, Carol
Kelly, Laura
Source :
Social Justice. 2008, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p51-65. 15p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The article focuses on strategies by foreign Mexican laborers to find work as day laborers through congregating in shared social spaces and to avoid provoking the dominant whites in a U.S. town. The authors present findings from a study in Freehold, New Jersey, where citizens formed an organization in opposition to the presence of the Mexican migrant workers. The social space is viewed in the context of the social, political and economic strata of the larger society. The efforts of the marginalized Mexicans to defuse opposition to their presence included addressing stereotypes against dirt, disease, noise and crowding.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10431578
Volume :
35
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Social Justice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
44972761