Adelaida R. del Castillo is a professor at San Diego State University in the Chicano Studies Department.
As an undergraduate, Adelaida R. del Castillo has a bachelor of arts from the University of California Los Angeles and completed her Ph.D in Social Anthropology from (Where) in 1991. Castillo is a native Spanish speaker and an advanced Portuguese reader. Her works and teachings have earned her numerous honors. In 1986, Castillo received the Sally Butler Memorial Fund for Latina Research Fellow. The UCLA Association of Academic Women also named her Graduate Woman of the Year. Castillo has received several Outstanding Faculty Awards during her career. Along with teaching, she has done research at the Gale Research Inc. in Washington, D.C. on notable Hispanic American women.
Adelaida del Castillo now teaches as San Diego State University in the Department of Mexican American Studies. She teaches classes on gender, ethnicity, Chicano studies, and much more.
Selected Works:
Books:
Between Borders: Essays on Mexicana/Chicana History. 1990.
Co-editor, Mexican Women in the United States: Struggles Past and Present. 1980.
Articles:
Covert Cultural Norms and Sex/Gender Meaning: A Mexico City Case." 1993.
"Sobre la experiencia de educativa chicana." 1986.
Co-author, "Sex, Nationality and Class: La Obrera Mexicana." 1980.
"Malintzin Tenepal: A Preliminary Look into a New Perspective." 1977.
"Sterilization: An Overview." 1980.
(http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/mas/delcastillovita.html)
Annotated Bibliography: Borders
Alvarez, Jr., Robert R. "The Mexican-US Border. The Making of an Anthropology of Borderlands." Annual Review of Anthropology. Vol. 24. 1995: 447-470. JSTOR. Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN. 28 April 2005. http://www.jstor.org.
Robert Alvarez Jr. explores the identities of the individuals living near the border.
The border serves as a literal and conceptual entity. It divides culture, community and identity. He argues that viewing the border only as a means of separating the United States and Mexico excludes important aspects of the discussion. The border is capable of separating people and marginalizing the one on the Mexican side. This leads to conflict not only between Americans and migrants but between American migrants and Mexicans as well. Border people are able to shift their identities to fit their needs in certain situations. Alvarez discusses the implications of discussing the border as only a physical object. He concludes by challenging the notion of separate cultures divided by the border. The idea of the border cannot be understood through a single concept. It involves multiple viewpoints and conceptions to begin to comprehend the existence of the border.
Arguelles, Lourdes. "Undocumented Female Labor in theUnited States Southwest: An Essay on Migration, Consciousness, Oppression and Struggle." Between Borders. Ed. Adelaida R. del Castillo. Encino, CA: Floricanto Press, 1990. 299-312.
The essay emphasizes the focus that is placed on male migrants while excluding Mexican women from the picture. Arguelles identifies the large percentage of Chicana migrants that are part of a small land-owning class. She explains the most of the women that do immigrate illegally are not necessarily peasants. These women migrate as a component of a larger kinship network. The essay also explores the pressure placed on Mexican women once in the United States. Male relatives expect the women to send large amounts of money to family in Mexico while they themselves cannot do so. The low wages earned by both sexes has been the cause of the majority of domestic abuse of Mexican-American women.
Cornelius, Wayne A. "Death at the Border: Efficacy and Unintended Consequences of US Immigration Control Policy." Population and Development Review. Vol. 27. 2001: 661-685. JSTOR. Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN. 28 April 2005. http://www.jstor.org.
The article encompasses many of the difficulties faced by undocumented immigrants when attempting to cross the border. Cornelius discusses the decreased likelihood of arrest when a guide is present to assist the migrant. Most of the border deaths are caused by hypothermia, dehydration, and other exposure problems. The article recognizes the migrants' awareness of the difficulties and their choice to cross anyway. He also challenges the idea that new INS programs have decreased undocumented workers in the United States. He provides examples of the unaffected work market since the numbers of immigrants applying for jobs has remained relatively steady indicating undocumented immigration has not decreased. Despite some safety measures to help border crossers in danger, most officials will not risk their lives to save a drowning immigrant if the danger is too great. Cornelius explores many of the consequences of the both governments' actions regarding undocumented immigration.
García, Mario T. "La Frontera: The Border as a Symbol and Reality in Mexican-American Thought." Regents of the University of California. 1985: 195-225. JSTOR. Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN. 30 April 2005. http://www.jstor.org.
Massey, Douglas S. and Audrey Singer. "The Social Process of Undocumented Border Crossing Among Mexican migrants." International Migration Review. Vol. 32. 1998: 561-592. JSTOR. Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN. 28 April 2005. http://www.jstor.org.
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