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Guatemalan Mayan migration to Los Angeles: constructing transnational linkages in the context of the settlement process

Popkin, Eric·1999·Ethnic and Racial Studies
DOI 10.1080/014198799329486
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It is argued that the limits to migrant physical mobility due to restrictive US immigration policy do not necessarily impede the establishment of transnational linkages sustained by Guatemalan Mayan (Kanjobal) migrants in Los Angeles. As Kanjobal migrants confront higher levels of discrimination in Los Angeles, their cultural and religious organizations are increasingly influenced by the growing Pan-Mayan movement in Guatemala. This outcome leads actors affiliated with the Guatemalan church and state to forge relationships with these migrant organizations. By reintegrating into the social life of their home country, Kanjobal migrants express a transnational identity that revives and strengthens old forms of ethnicity and reflects the process of reactive formation. This finding implies that the conception of reactive ethnicity needs to be expanded to account for the influence of transnational relations sustained by migrants.

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  • Through the church these immigrants often are able to remain connected to their communities of origin, as churches create institutional spaces that connect them with loved ones back home.

    “Additionally, through the church these immigrants often are able to remain connected to their communities of origin (particularly important when they cannot travel there easily), as churches create institutional spaces that connect them with loved ones back home (Menjı ´var 1999 b ; Popkin 1999).”

    From Liminal Legality: Salvadoran and Guatemalan Immigrants' Lives in the United States (2006) · cites this paper as Popkin 1999

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Authors
Popkin, E.
Corresponding author
Popkin, Eric
Venue
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1999-01
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
267-289
ISSN
  • 0141-9870 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-4356
DOI
10.1080/014198799329486
OpenAlex
W2145975387
Cited by
140
References
25
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
FWCI
11.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Ethnic and Racial Studies (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
Keywords
transnational relations, Los Angeles, United States immigration policy, ethnic identity, religious organizations, discrimination, settlement process

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