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Author Ordóñez, Juan Thomas, 1976- author.

Title Jornalero : being a day laborer in the USA / Juan Thomas Ordóñez
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 254 pages)
Series California series in public anthropology ; 34
California series in public anthropology ; 34.
Contents La parada de Berkeley -- Friendship and the inner workings of day labor -- Abuse and the absurd bureaucracy of small things -- The "other" among others -- Bittersweet nostalgia, sexuality, and the body at risk -- Belonging -- Terror and the May migra panic
Summary "The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two decades. These sites, typically frequented by immigrant Latin American men--mostly taken to be 'undocumented' immigrants--constitute an important source of unskilled manual labor that sustains building, landscaping, and moving activities in the country. Despite their ubiquitous presence in urban areas, however, much of the research on immigration overlooks day laborers' very existence. While standing in plain view, these men live and work in a precarious environment: As they try to make enough money to send home, they are at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, doing dangerous and underpaid work, and, ultimately, experiencing great threats to their identities and social roles as men. Born and raised in Colombia by an American mother and Colombian father, Juan Thomas Ordóñez spent two years on an informal labor site in the Bay Area, documenting the harsh lives led by some of these men during the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades. Another Latin American among mainly Mexican and Central American day laborers, he gained a vantage on the immigrant experience based on close relationships with a cohort of men whose lives unravel in a setting of competition, stress, loneliness, and resilience. Both eye-opening and heart-breaking, this account offers a unique perspective on how the informal economy of undocumented labor truly functions in American society"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 11, 2015)
Subject Day laborers -- California -- Berkeley
Foreign workers, Latin American -- California -- Berkeley
Noncitizens -- Employment -- California -- Berkeley
Foreign workers.
Illegal immigration -- California -- Berkeley
Illegal immigration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Illegal immigration
Foreign workers
Day laborers
Foreign workers, Latin American
Noncitizens
Schwarzarbeit
Tagelöhner
Soziale Situation
California -- Berkeley
San Francisco Bay -- Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520959965
0520959965