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Item Between Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007(2019-04-12) Rendon-Ramos, Erika R; Lopez-Alonso, Moramay“Between Borders” studies transnationalism and explores how the migration experience is diversified based on place of origin and destination—specifically as it relates to the U.S. – Mexico Border. I consider two types of migration: a traditional movement from Mexico to Dallas, Texas and a borderland movement from Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Brownsville, Texas. My research derives from the lived experience of migrants, making oral history a key component of my dissertation. I question the relation between geography, immigrant identity and the ability to remain bicultural after years in the United States. I conclude that geography, namely one's distance from the border, dictates one's immigration experience, and is at the root of why persons who are in a continual state of movement in the borderlands are able to remain intimately tied to both countries.Item New Subjects, Same Old Intellectuals: Zapatismo and its Reception by the Mexican Intellectual Field (1994-2000)(2022-04-19) Ferreira da Silva, Jose Antonio; Lopez-Alonso, MoramayThis study focuses on reactions of the Mexican intellectual field to the Zapatista indigenous uprising, in 1994. In the context of democratic transition and modernization reforms that marked the Salinas administration, mainstream cultural magazines took part on the discussion about what that movement meant, which were their objectives, and what would be the impact over national politics. Being traditionally engaged in political debates since the 1970s, this cultural press circulated perspectives and interpretations that can be explored for a deeper understanding on how Mexican intellectuals conceived their present. Magazines such Nexos, Vuelta, and Cuadernos Americanos brought reactions and attempts to put that indigenous movement in a broader political context that encompassed many factors. My objective is to discuss some themes and discourses that surfaced at that moment, and to contextualize them in the relations that the Mexican intellectual field had with different political conceptions established by then in Mexico. The conclusions point to many commonalities and some differences that should be explained in light of that particular political context but also of the previous political positions sustained by these intellectuals. This research is part of the Dual Degree Program maintained between Rice University and UNICAMP. This text presents the third and last chapter of the final dissertation, introduced by a summary of the major findings that support the investigation and discussion proposed here. The full dissertation (in portuguese) is attached here as a supplemental file.