By: Kaylee Hickman
Hernandez’s message in “Migra!” is to humanize the experiences of individuals impacted by…
Now that we’ve read Kelly Lytle Hernández’s work, paying attention to methodologies, arguments, and narrative, write a post that assesses her interpretations of the historical formation of the Border Patrol as a US-state institution.
Which perspectives does she tend to highlight?
Kelly Lytle Hernandez highlights perspectives that relate to race, immigration and state power. Hernandez emphasizes the historical experiences of the marginalized communities. It focused on the impact of immigration policies on the…
The story of the Mexico-United States border is not a static one — shifting relations between the nations contributed to stark…
“The Line Becomes A River” by Francisco Cantu was an interesting read that showed great…
Rachel St. Johns narrative visualizes how the border changed overtime, simply from a line in the sand to a heavily guarded boundary. She focuses mainly on the border west of the Rio Grande giving us a detailed time line of the origins and major components of the…
Jennifer Seman’s book, “Borderlands and Curanderos” is perhaps one of the finest examples of a microhistory one can get. This novel describes the lives and healing practices of Don Pedrito Jaramillo (Don) and Santa Teresa Urrea…
In Migra! I believe that Hernández was able to highlight multiple different perspectives. From my perspective, I think that she really tries to emphasize the importance of race, discrimination, and those kinds of factors to give an emphasis on what is going on. She was able to find many sources from…
What unique perspectives is Francisco Cantú able to provide in his memoir regarding the Border Patrol, migration, and the tensions we’ve studied between the local and the national (or “the state”) in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands?