Between Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007

“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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Rendon-Ramos, Erika R

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lopez-Alonso, Moramay

• immigration
• migration
• borderlands
• Texas
• Mexico
• United States
• fronterizos
• transnationalism
• biculturalism

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105995

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/105995