Mexico through a superdiversity lens

Already-Existing Diversity Meets New Immigration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2147170
AutoresRaul Acosta Garcia (0000-0001-8280-7251), Raúl Acosta-García, Esperanza Martínez-Ortiz
Año2015
Volumen38
Número4
Páginas636-649
Fecha de publicación2015-03-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2015.980289
OpenAlexW2048030844
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas20

New migration flows to Mexico are challenging long-established sociocultural configurations. So far, most studies on immigrants in Mexico have focused on singular ethno-national groups rather than paying attention to the intermingling of people. This paper presents an examination of diversification processes occurring in Guadalajara, Mexico. We contend that these are particularly strained because of the continuing frictions with which the country has to deal due to its already-existing diversity. The many forms of discrimination and racism that many Mexicans are subjected to by their co-nationals are often extended to new arrivals. The increasing complexity of migrant inflows challenges established forms of prejudice in everyday interactions. We argue in this paper that the use of superdiversity as a lens to study diversification processes allows us to better understand the changing dynamics currently taking place in Mexico

Business · Cultural diversity · Diversification (marketing strategy · Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Geography · Immigration · Lens (geology · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Racism · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Through-the-lens metering · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Politics and Society in Latin America