Social liminality and cultural negotiation: Immigrants from Yucatan, Mexico, in San Francisco, California, U.S [Liminalidad social y negociación cultural: inmigrantes yucatecos en San Francisco, California]

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Volume 19, Issue 58, 2012, Pages 71-96

Social liminality and cultural negotiation: Immigrants from Yucatan, Mexico, in San Francisco, California, U.S [Liminalidad social y negociación cultural: inmigrantes yucatecos en San Francisco, California] (Article)

Cornejo-Portugal I.* , Fortuny Loret de Mola P.

^a Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico
^b Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores, Antropología Social, Mexico

Abstract

Within the theoretical concepts of social liminality and cultural negotiation, we analyze three case-studies of migrants from Yucatan in San Francisco, California. The case studies picture the diverse ways in which immigrants use social resources such as family, religion, friends and neighbor links to enable them to achieve a relative emotional balance while dealing with the cultural tension prevailing in the destination.

Author Keywords

Cultural negotiation Socio-psychological resources Social liminality Emotional wellbeing Yucateco migrants

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857354994&partnerID=40&md5=b9f4b67436ba7013580d6288b321b917

ISSN: 14051435

Cited by: 5

Original Language: Spanish