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Borderlands Characteristics I

Borderlands Characteristics (Oscar J. Martinez model[1])

1) Alienated borderlands

 

2) Coexistent borderlands

 

3) Interdependent borderlands

 

4) Integrated borderlands

 

Theme

Borderlands both divide and unite; they cause both conflict and cooperation.

[1] Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994) 5-25.