CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. THE MEXICAN SIDE: DISCOURSES OF REGION -- Chapter 2. THE MEXICAN SIDE: DISCOURSES OF NATION -- Chapter 3. THE EMPLOTMENT OF THE MEXICAN ON THE U.S. SIDE OF THE BORDER -- Chapter 4. MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS AND THE "ALL POVERTY IS MEXICAN" NARRATIVE PLOT -- Chapter 5. OPERATION BLOCKADE, OR WHEN PRIVATE NARRATIVES WENT PUBLIC -- Chapter 6. DIALOGICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATING BETTER STORIES -- Appendix. CATEGORIES, INTERPELLATIONS, METAPHORS, AND NARRATIVES: A BRIEF THEORETICAL DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.