Abstract

VARGAS EVARISTO, Susana. A Narrative Constellation of Resistance. Young Sons and Daughters Of Agricultural Workers on the Mexico-U.S. Border. Norteamérica [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.1, pp.43-73. ISSN 2448-7228.  https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a002.

This article deals with the life histories of young Oaxacans settled in two far-removed locations involved in intensive agriculture. The author proposes the notion of the narrative constellation of resistance as a methodological resource for analyzing the complexity of life histories on different levels (geographical, collective, and individual). Resistance is dealt with as a narrative route produced by the subjects in response to the historic overarching ethnic, gender, racial, and class discrimination experienced over different generations. The article draws on a qualitative methodology, using in-depth interviews in a biographical cohort study.

Keywords : Life histories; discrimination; resistance; ethnicity; narrative constellation; intersectionality.

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