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Cultura y representaciones sociales
On-line version ISSN 2007-8110
Abstract
CORNEJO PORTUGAL, Inés and FORTUNY LORET DE MOLA, Patricia. Corrías sin saber adónde ibas" Proceso migratorio de mayas yucatecos a San Francisco, California. Cultura representaciones soc [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.10, pp.82-106. ISSN 2007-8110.
"You were running without knowing where you were going". Migratory process of Mayan yucatecos to San Francisco, California. In this text the migratory process Mexico - United States of the Mayan yucatecos towards San Francisco California is described. In addition, the different stages that the above mentioned process contains are depicted and an account of how the yucatecan migrants live and organize their movement towards the neighboring country is provided, as well as the set of relations or social links which are used to provide support, undertake the departure and to establish in a temporary way, between one and ten years, in the recipient society.
Keywords : stages of the migratory process; Mayan yucateca migration; social networks.