Crossing Over : A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail

by Martínez, Rubén

• ISBN13: 9780312421236
• ISBN10: 0312421230
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-07
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

The U.S.-Mexican border is one of the most permeable boundaries in the world, breached daily by Mexicans in search of work. Thousands die crossing the line and those who reach "the other side" are branded illegals, undocumented and unprotected. Crossing Over puts a human face on the phenomenon, following the exodus of the Chávez clan, an extended Mexican family who lost three sons in a tragic border accident. Martínez follows the migrants' progress from their small southern Mexican town of Cherán to California, Wisconsin, and Missouri where far from joining the melting pot, Martínez argues, the seven million migrants in the U.S. are creating a new culture that will alter both Mexico and the United States as the two countries come increasingly to resemble each other.

Author Biography

RubTn Martfnez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and poet, is associate editor at Pacific News Service and a correspondent for PBS's religion and ethics news weekly. Author of The Other Side, he has appeared as a commentator on Nightline, Frontline, and CNN. He lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Passion	p. 1
Points of Departure
Home	p. 21
Paisanos	p. 41
Family	p. 61
Waiting	p. 85
Highland Hip Hop	p. 119
Fiesta	p. 139
Harvest	p. 169
Rosa's Journey	p. 177
Another Country
The Line	p. 195
Warren, Arkansas	p. 221
Princes of Norwalk	p. 237
St. Louis, Missouri	p. 267
Strawberry Fields Forever	p. 295
Epilogue	p. 327
Acknowledgements	p. 329
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