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The history of themaquiladorashas been punctuated by workers' organized resistance to abysmal working and living conditions. Over years of involvement in such movements, Rosemary Hennessy was struck by an elusive but significant feature of these struggles: the extent to which organizing is driven by attachments of affection and antagonism, belief, betrayal, and identification. What precisely is the \"affective\" dimension of organizing for justice? Are affects and emotions the same? And how can their value be calculated?Fires on the Bordertakes up these questions of labor and community organizing-its \"affect-culture\"-on Mexico's northern border from the early 1970s to the present day. Through these campaigns, Hennessy illuminates the attachments and identifications that motivate people to act on behalf of one another and that bind them to a common cause. The book's unsettling, even jarring, narratives bring together empirical and ethnographic accounts-of specific campaigns, the untold stories of gay and lesbian organizers, love and utopian longing-in concert with materialist theories of affect and the critical good sense of Mexican organizers. Teasing out the integration of affect-culture in economic relations and cultural processes, Hennessy provides evidence that sexuality and gender as strong affect attractors are incorporated in the harvesting of surplus labor. At the same time, workers' testimonies confirm that the capacities for bonding and affective attachment, far from being entirely at the service of capital, are at the very heart of social movements devoted to sustaining life.

The history of the maquiladoras has been punctuated by workers' organized resistance to abysmal working and living conditions. Over years of involvement in such movements, Rosemary Hennessy was struck by an elusive but significant feature of these struggles: the extent to which organizing is driven by attachments of affection and antagonism, belief, betrayal, and identification. What precisely is the \"affective\" dimension of organizing for justice? Are affects and emotions the same? And how can their value be calculated? Fires on the Border takes up these questions of labor and community organizing--its \"affect-culture\"--on Mexico's northern border from the early 1970s to the present day. Through these campaigns, Hennessy illuminates the attachments and identifications that motivate people to act on behalf of one another and that bind them to a common cause. The book's unsettling, even jarring, narratives bring together empirical and ethnographic accounts--of specific campaigns, the untold stories of gay and lesbian organizers, love and utopian longing--in concert with materialist theories of affect and the critical good sense of Mexican organizers. Teasing out the integration of affect-culture in economic relations and cultural processes, Hennessy provides evidence that sexuality and gender as strong affect attractors are incorporated in the harvesting of surplus labor. At the same time, workers' testimonies confirm that the capacities for bonding and affective attachment, far from being entirely at the service of capital, are at the very heart of social movements devoted to sustaining life.

As the issue of immigration between Mexico and the United States becomes more critical, it is increasingly important that we understand the process of development in Mexico's northern border region. This collection of essays offers an empirical analysis of development in Ciudad Juárez, with an emphasis on the social and spatial contexts in which economic relations occur. The analyses are framed by a general discussion of urbanization, migration, and industrialization, considered in light of the history of Mexico's northern frontier. Contributors recount the city's pattern of urban growth in response to the natural environment and the changing national culture and examine current patterns of land use, especially as compared to similar development in other Latin American cities. Other issues considered are the impact on household activities of the structure of women's participation in the maquiladora work force; the city's use of its human resources, especially in off-shore assembly activities; and the foreign orientation of the Juárez economy.

Intro -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. American Factories in Mexico -- 2. The Border City of Nogales -- 3. House to House: The Method of Analysis -- 4. The History of the Maquila Industry -- 5. Are the Maquilas Sweatshops? -- 6. Liberation or Exploitation of Women Workers? -- 7. Fancy Factories and Dilapidated Dwellings -- Appendix 1. Maquilas in Nogales, Sonora, 2004 -- Appendix 2. Survey of Maquila Workers -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Fires on the Border takes up questions of labor and community organizing-its \"affect-culture\"-on Mexico's northern border from the early 1970s to the present day. Through these campaigns, Rosemary Hennessy illuminates the attachments and identifications that motivate people to act on behalf of one another and that bind them to a common cause.

Cover -- Half Title -- About the Book and Editor -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Development of Ciudad Juárez: Urbanization, Migration, Industrialization -- Chapter 2. Patterns of Urban Growth in Ciudad Juárez -- Chapter 3. Land Use Structure and the Availability of Services in Ciudad Juárez -- Chapter 4. Household Structure and Activity in Ciudad Juárez -- Chapter 5. Economic Change and Ideological Lag in Households of Maquila Workers in Ciudad Juárez -- Chapter 6. Human Resources and Economic Development in Ciudad Juárez -- Chapter 7. The Foreign Orientation of the Ciudad Juárez Economy -- Appendix: Juárez Household Survey -- Index -- Contributors.

The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed at a time when the position of women in the world economy had come under increased scrutiny. The changes that have taken place in the Mexican labor force since, and sometimes as a result of, NAFTA, with particular concern for the maquiladoras, tax-free assembly plants that use large numbers of low-paid Mexican women, are examined. Undoubtedly the advent of free trade has affected the position of women in the Mexican labor force, but whether this has affected their position ultimately for their real benefit is still a highly contentious subject.

Although the femininity enacted in maquilas, or foreign owned export-processing factories, appears to be imported from women's homes and families, it is striking how much management time is dedicated to the creation of appropriately gendered workers. Productive femininity is a paradigm through which managers view, and therefore structure, assembly work, and through which they imagine, describe, and define workers.