From Malinaltenango to Waukegan: A Case Study on Non-migrant Identity.

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Abstract: This research explores complex identities rooted in displacement, poverty, and migration. It provides a historical overview of the relationship between two distinct places that are tied together by its people. Malinaltenango, Mexico is a small town tucked away in the valley of the State of Mexico. It is also my parent’s hometown, and a place I have only recently started to consider part of my own identity. In this essay, I provide a historical overview of the town and its relationship with a place I have always known to be home: Waukegan, Illinois. I began to ask myself, why is it that identity is rooted in the birthplace? Who has a stake in this identity, and how does this identity change through migration? In addition to understanding places like Waukegan as an extension of Malinaltenango, I argue that we should understand Malinaltenango identity as a byproduct of migrant lives in Waukegan. I provided an analysis of interviews conducted in the summer of 2018. Ultimately, I hope that my work shines light on non-traditional migrant groups typically explored by U.S. scholars, and births new understandings of identity and transborder relationships between the U.S. and Mexico.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2019

Author	Flores, Andrea

Subject	identity
Subject	transborder
Subject	transborder migrants
Subject	migration
Subject	migrants
Subject	State of Mexico
Subject	Estado de Mexico
Subject	Malinaltenango
Subject	Waukegan
Subject	Mexico
Subject	Tonatico
Subject	undocumented
Subject	poverty
Subject	NAFTA
Subject	bracero program
Subject	Illinois
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Center for Latin American Studies
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/ch553cn1891

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Preferred Citation: Flores, Andrea. (2019). From Malinaltenango to Waukegan: A Case Study on Non-migrant Identity. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/ch553cn1891

Stanford University, Center for Latin American Studies, Masters Degree Capstone Projects

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