{"product_id":"labor-and-legality","title":"Labor and Legality","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2011 ALLA Book Award honorable mention!Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network is an ethnography of undocumented immigrants who work as busboys at a Chicago-area restaurant. Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz introduces readers to the Lions, ten friends from Mexico committed to improving their fortunes and the lives of their families. Set in and around \"Il Vino,\" a restaurant that could\n\u003cbr\u003estand in for many places that employ undocumented workers, Labor and Legality reveals the faces behind the war being waged over \"illegal aliens\" in America. Gomberg-Muñoz focuses on how undocumented workers develop a wide range of\n\u003cbr\u003esocial strategies to cultivate financial security, nurture emotional well-being, and promote their dignity and self-esteem. She also reviews the political and historical circumstances of undocumented migration, with an emphasis on post-1970 socioeconomic and political conditions in the United States and Mexico.Labor and Legality is one of several volumes in the Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology series, which\n\u003cbr\u003eexamines the experiences of individual communities in our contemporary world. Each volume offers a brief and engaging exploration of a particular issue arising from globalization and its cultural, political, and economic effects on\n\u003cbr\u003ecertain peoples or groups. Ideal for introductory anthropology courses-and as supplements for a variety of upper-level courses-these texts seamlessly combine portraits of an interconnected and globalized world with narratives that emphasize the agency of their subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44157023355118,"sku":"9780199739387","price":61.07,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199739387.jpg?v=1706229281","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/labor-and-legality","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}