An Analysis Of Ruth Gomberg Munoz s Labor And Legality...

Etic and Emic Analysis of Culture In Ruth Gomberg-Muà ±oz’s book, Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network, she allows us to enter the everyday lives of ten undocumented Mexican workers all living in the Chicago area. Ruth Gomberg-Muà ±oz refers to Chuy, Alejandro, Leonardo, Luis, Manuel, Omar, Rene, Roberto, Lalo, and Albert the ten undocumented Mexicans as the â€Å"Lions†. This book shares the Lions many stories from, their daily struggle of living as an undocumented immigrant in America, to some of them telling their stories about crossing the border and the effects of living in a different country than their family, and many other struggles and experiences they have encountered. Ruth Gomberg-Muà ±oz’s book delves into†¦show more content†¦This is true as because of their hard work they gain the trust of their employer and can set their family up with jobs which allows for more financial stability and more income for the family. Although conversely, they a re conforming to a stereotype that can cause employers to take advantage of illegal immigrants just like them. This bring me to the next value that all the Lions have and that is trust. We can see that trust is an important part of their lives because they trusted many people on their journey across the border, to getting a job and then in trusting their neighbors and employers not to tell the government about them being in the United States illegally. Furthermore, from the personal information given to us in the beginning of the book we see that the Lions share the cultural ideal, â€Å"Never forget your roots† as Gomberg-Muà ±oz writes, â€Å"Although they work as many as sixty hours a week, they make time to get together every Wednesday in the summer to play soccer, and Sundays are good days for impromptu get-togethers with ample Mexican food and beer† (Gomberg-Muà ±oz 2011, 10). This shows me that all the Lions value nationalism very highly and have great pride i n being Mexican. I specifically want to focus on Alberto as he is different than the other Lions in that he doesn’t want to stay in the United States he wants to