Living the border: Social and cultural practices from the sidelines

• Main Author: Mariana Winikor Wagner
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 2016-07-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: frontera; prácticas; inmigrantes; cultura popular; hegemonía
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/548

Migrants, while in a position of subordination and vulnerability in the host society, can be defined as subjects of analysis of cultural studies. It is from this theoretical framework, which will investigate the social and cultural practices of Brazilian migrants settled in the northeast of the province of Misiones, Argentina. We focus our attention on analyzing whether these practices are truly ways to resist the dominant culture or simply constitute forms of reproduction and naturalization of them. Through four concrete practices (portuñol, el brique, the buying and selling of improvements and spontaneous occupation of private land) will reach the conclusion that the same evidence loans, grants, amalgams, conflicts, subordination and yet interstices creativity with the dominant culture. It shows the relational character that owns the popular culture with the dominant culture and its position of subordination and domination.