By Jesus Garcia
Apr 29, 2024, 7:12 PM EDT
The border between Mexico and the United States is diverse, there are several communities that make it up, so it can even be said that there are “several borders.”
This is how Dr. Guadalupe Correa and journalist Sergio Chapa outline it in their book Borderwhose subtitle makes it clear that the reader will have a “journey” along the almost two thousand miles of the border that includes the Rio Grande or Bravo.
The project emerged more than a decade ago and required trips from coast to coast on both sides of the border, to document how the inhabitants of the populations of states such as Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas live and what they face on the US side. , and the entities of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas on the Mexican side.
These territories are often referred to as places where organized crime dominates, in addition to being a reference for the crossing of immigrants, but they are much more than that, including parties, businesses, traditions and scenes. sui generis.
The book also aims, according to its authors, to deconstruct the stereotypes that have been made of the border and its inhabitants, especially among politicians in the US, but also in the media.
“The 2016 elections and this year have shown us very well, very clearly what those stereotypes are and that they have been built through coverage, series, and movies,” Correa said.
The authors, Correa and Chapa, told in the podcast ‘El Diario Sin Límites’ the challenges they faced during their research, but also how they had fun, listened to music and managed to discover unique moments, like a rainbow in the middle of the desert.
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