Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-23-2022
Abstract
This chapter analyzes the significance and limitations of utilizing Gloria Anzaldúa’s framework when examining Mexican transnational communities of Mesoamerican ancestry after they return to Mexico. In this way, this chapter calls for a better understanding of the historical and political factors that impact the identities of Mexican transnationals of Indigenous origin. Based on data collected during three investigations with transnational (pre)service teachers from Indigenous communities in the Mexican states of Puebla (2017), Tlaxcala (2017), and Oaxaca (2018), the author analyzes the pertinence of Anzaldua’s framework in understanding the subjugation and internal differences of Indigenous transnational populations. This chapter also examines some areas in which this framework is insufficient to understand the heterogeneity of Indigenous transnationals during their return migration. The author concludes by proposing future areas of research regarding the indigeneity of Mexican transnational returnees.
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Prieto, D. (2022). Nations Within Nations: The Heterogeneity of Mexican Transnationals of Indigenous Descent From Anzalduan Lenses. In Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities (1st ed., pp. 52–68). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003191575-5
First Page
52
Last Page
68
Publication Title
Applying anzalduan frameworks to understand transnational youth identities
DOI
10.4324/9781003191575-5
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Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Applying Anzalduan Frameworks to Understand Transnational Youth Identities in 2022, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003191575