Book
Living in La Fabrica: environment, opinion, and strategies for survival among low income Mexican-Americans in Laredo, Texas
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: McKee, Nancy Patricia.
Abstract
This book provides a vivid portrait of daily life and popular opinion in a low-income barrio of Chicanos living in Laredo, Texas, a predominantly Mexican-American city located on the U.S. - Mexican border. Through the use of questionnaires, the author gathered information on a wide variety of issues concerning Chicano, but concluded that such a procedure is not the best method for ethnographers. Her material on the life histories of key informants, patterns of commerce and domestic consumption, religion, and employment are used to question theories of 'the culture of poverty.'
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus ; 1986
- Field Date
- 1969-1983
- Coverage Date
- 1969-1983
- Coverage Place
- Barrio of La Fabrica, Laredo, Texas, United States
- Notes
- UM8527146
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-325)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Washington State University, Pullman, 1985
- LCSH
- Mexican Americans