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This paper demonstrates that dominant approaches to Mexican immigrant construction workers obscure the nature of workplace discrimination. In defining the problems of occupational risk, health and safety specialists emphasize Mexican immigrant workers’ deficiencies. In contrast, workers emphasized workplace discrimination and legal vulnerability. This paper argues that health and safety specialists’ outreach to Mexican immigrant workers not only obscure experiences of discrimination and vulnerability, but also facilitate structural inequality. These perspectives were particularly evident and “hazardous” in the case of a post-disaster New Orleans as Mexican immigrants working in cleanup and recovery work found themselves physically and symbolically injured by a broader political discourse to “Bring New Orleans Back.” |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Trujillo-Pagan, Nicole. "Hazardous Constructions of Latino Immigrants in the Construction Industry: The Case of a Post-Katrina New Orleans" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104430_index.html> |
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| Trujillo-Pagan, N. E. , 2006-08-10 "Hazardous Constructions of Latino Immigrants in the Construction Industry: The Case of a Post-Katrina New Orleans" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104430_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper demonstrates that dominant approaches to Mexican immigrant construction workers obscure the nature of workplace discrimination. In defining the problems of occupational risk, health and safety specialists emphasize Mexican immigrant workers’ deficiencies. In contrast, workers emphasized workplace discrimination and legal vulnerability. This paper argues that health and safety specialists’ outreach to Mexican immigrant workers not only obscure experiences of discrimination and vulnerability, but also facilitate structural inequality. These perspectives were particularly evident and “hazardous” in the case of a post-disaster New Orleans as Mexican immigrants working in cleanup and recovery work found themselves physically and symbolically injured by a broader political discourse to “Bring New Orleans Back.” |
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| Paper Submission Title: Hazardous Constructions of Mexican Immigrant Masculinity in the Construction Industry: The Case of a Post-Katrina New Orleans Presenter’s Name: Nicole Trujillo-Pagán1 e-mail: nicolet@brooklyn.cuny.edu Mailing Address: Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue 1205 Boylan Hall Brooklyn NY 11210 Phone: (718) 951-5561 1 Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Brooklyn College Brooklyn NY Hazardous Constructions of Mexican Immigrant Masculinity in the Construction Industry: The Case of a Post-Katrina New Orleans Abstract This paper |
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