Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico border : film, music, and stories of undocumented immigrants / edited and with an introduction by Nicholas J. Cull and Davíd Carrasco.

Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2004.

ISBN: 0826333753 (alk. paper)
0826333761 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Description: 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Alambrista! (Motion picture).
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers Social conditions 20th century.
Illegal aliens United States Social conditions 20th century.

Contents: Alambrista's inspiration : César Chávez and migrant farm workers / Richard Griswold del Castillo -- The drama of immigration and the cry of the poor : the voices of Alambrista yesterday and today / Daniel Groody -- Operation Gatekeeper : the war against the alambristas of the 1990s / Bill Ong Hing -- Watching over Greater Mexico : recent Mexican initiatives on migration and the alambristas of the new millennium / Teresa Carrillo -- Tightrope walking the border : Alambrista and the acrobatics of mestizo representation / Cordelia Candelaria -- Border crossings : Alambrista and the cinema of Robert M. Young / Nicholas J. Cull -- Robert Young and Alambrista / Howie Movshovitz -- Notas en el viento : the musical soundtrack of Alambrista, director's cut / José B. Cuellar -- Dark walking, making food, and giving birth to alambristas : religious dimensions in the film / Davíd Carrasco.