An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations

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Index accountants, 37–38 Acosta Foods, 134, 137 agriculture, 20, 26, 28, 134 ahorros, 30, 33, 83 Alfin, 39, 73 allocations. See distribution Arizona, 22, 25, 26, 33, 112, 174, 199n3, 205n33, 209n6; Valentina in, 144, 145, 146, 148 automobiles, 39–40, 165–66, 205n33 Baja California, 22, 25, 32, 73 banks, 40, 102, 158, 169 benevolent associations, 10, 32 Beverly Hills, 25, 32, 59 bolitas, 31 bookkeepers, 37–38 border, U.S.–Mexico, 6, 11, 22, 25, 38, 72–73, 120, 169. See also Southwest North American Region border crossers, 120, 122, 124, 145–46, 149–51, 205n35, 210n14 Bracero program, 148, 210n15 Brawley (California), 134, 135, 137, 140, 141 cajas de ahorros, 29, 30, 33 California, 14, 22, 23, 25, 26, 32–33, 199n3, 205n34, 209n6 capital, 12, 15–16, 19, 210n16 case studies: Paloma, 130–44; Valentina , 129, 144–53 cashiers, 99–100 CEMEX (Cementos Mexicanos), 75 ceramic factories, 101, 159–60 Cestas Populares, 41 chauffeurs’ associations, 29 Cherry King, 138, 139 Chiapas, 24, 31–32 Chihuahua (state), 25, 30, 73 Chihuahua City, 30, 33, 96 children: transborder, 127–28 Chinese, 20, 24, 32, 200n14, 204nn26, 27 Chrysler, 39, 74 Chula Vista, 25, 26, 32, 101, 116–17 Cicote, María, 107–8 Ciudad Júarez, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 96, 168, 205n35 Ciudad Netzahualcoyótl, 17, 24, 30, 60–61, 85, 106–8, 158 class sectors, 7–8, 13, 49, 50, 88, 97–99(table); racialization of, 125–26; and residential ROSCAs, 90–96. See also by sector clothing business, 106, 107–8, 168 clothing factories, 116, 160 clubs, 91, 118 Coachella Valley, 22, 25 Coahuila, 25 Colonia Paraíso, 171–72 colonias, 26, 120, 121(fig.), 209n6 commercialization: ROSCA, 80–82, 166 commuter cundinas, 32, 38, 169 companies: ROSCAs organized by, 22–23 236 Index Concordia (Culiacán), 25, 30 confianza, 5, 7, 13, 18, 37, 41, 51, 54–55, 59, 80, 133, 136–37, 166, 176, 187–88, 203n19, 205n33, 206n1; conditions for, 49–50, 116–19; construction of, 44–46, 173–74; density of, 113–15; in mutualistas, 64, 66; reciprocity and, 82–83; types of, 47–48 confianza en confianza, 176, 179, 180–81 consumerism, 123–24 contract: mutualista, 193–95 contributions: to RCAs, 73–75; sizes of, 70–73; timing and amount of, 58, 59, 60–62, 100–101 cooperativas: professional, 58 corporations: mutualistas as, 64–66; ROSCAs in, 102–3 credit, 54, 70; access to, 12, 15–17, 207n7 credit unions, 29 cuchuval, 24, 33 Culiacán, 25, 30, 96 cultural, 61–62; psycho-, 63 culture, 29 cundinas, 4, 23, 24, 42, 70, 82, 83, 90, 205n30; commuter, 32, 38, 169; membership, 52–54; participation in, 56, 57; in Phoenix, 40–41; transborder, 102–3; use of term, 30, 33 Datsun (Nissan), 39, 73–74, 205n33 default, 110–11, 115–16 demographics, 197–98n4; Southwest North American Region, 120–23 density: of confianza, 113–15; of relationships , 136–37 deutero-learning, 8, 174–76, 177–78 dishonesty, 112 distribution: of fund shares, 59, 62, 65, 74–75, 80–82, 94–95 documentation, 149–50 Dormitandas, 39 East Los Angeles, 25, 26, 95 economy, economies, 13, 46, 50, 206–7n2, 210–11n5; gender roles in, 15–17; global, 1, 4–5, 19; interstitial connections in, 168–74; Mexican, 9–10, 207n4; Paloma’s activities, 130–35, 137–41; reciprocity and, 51–52; in Southwest North American Region, 2, 120–23, 182, 205n35; undocumented workers, 14–15; Valentina’s activities, 146–53 ejidos, 20, 25, 203–4n21 elderly, 163–64, 211n6 El Paso, 25, 26, 28, 160, 168, 205n35; terms used in, 29, 33 Ensenada, 23, 25, 32 Españoles Mexicanos, 267n1 families: networks, 169–70; ROSCAs, 104–10; transborder, 148–49, 152, 153 Farah, 160 Farias, David G., 66, 67, 189 Federal District of Mexico, 24, 30 field studies, 22–23 Filipinos, 116 film theater chains: ROSCAs in, 99–101, 208nn2, 3 Flash Cash, 18 Florida, 26 fraud, 111, 112, 115–16 friends, friendships: fictive, 161–62; and ROSCAs, 104–10 Fruit Salad Packing Company, 137, 138 fund shares: communal, 2–3; distribution of, 59, 62, 65, 74–75, 80–82, 94–95; mutualista, 65–66; for productive activities, 85–86; rotation cycles and, 77–80; sizes of, 75–77 Index 237 funerary associations, 32, 38 FYGO, 66, 158, 184, 189–90, 200n11; size of, 67–68 García, Mario, 131, 137...