Mexicanization is the influence of Mexican culture and society on other parts of the world. The term has also been used disparagingly to highlight the rise of political instability and violence in other societies.[1]
Mexico
editIn a Mexican context, Mexicanization can refer to 20th-century business requirements for domestic ownership.[2][3]
United States
editMexican influences are most prominent in the United States due to a shared North American history.
Post-Civil War
editAmerican territorial expansion into northern Mexico in the mid-19th century saw some exchanges of culture and survival-related traditions between the two nations' communities.[4] In the decades afterward, the formerly Mexican territories were Americanized, but rising immigration from Mexico then 're-Mexicanized' certain areas.[5]
After the Civil War ended in 1865, the nation went through a few decades of Reconstruction and having to stabilize itself. There was substantial concern around the possibility of the United States collapsing at the time, with several allegories being drawn to the political instability of pre-revolution Mexico.[6] Mexican migrants were also portrayed more negatively as a result.[7]
Contemporary era
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Mexican migration to the United States has increased the amount of Mexican heritage, such as cuisine, found in the country.[8] Latin Americans who migrate to the United States sometimes assimilate into Mexican American culture rather than continuing their original cultures, due to Mexican Americans being the predominant Latino group in the nation.[9][10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Leija, Nahari Yared (2023-06-07). "The Term 'Mexicanization' Is Being Used To Describe Violence In France". Latin Times. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ Alexander, Ryan (2016-03-03), "Mexican Politics, Economy, and Society, 1946–1982", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.261, ISBN 978-0-19-936643-9, retrieved 2025-04-02
- ^ Contreras, Joseph (2009). In the Shadow of the Giant: The Americanization of Modern Mexico. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4655-1.
- ^ Goldstein, Marcy Gail (1977). "Americanization and Mexicanization: The Mexican Elite and Anglo-Americans in the Gadsden Purchase Lands, 1853-1880". Retrieved 2025-04-02 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Gibson, Carrie. "Imagining the Hispanic Past: The De-Mexicanization of California, 1880–1930". Transnational Perspectives on the Conquest and Colonization of Latin America. doi:10.4324/9780429330612-19.
- ^ Downs, Gregory P. (2012-04-01). "The Mexicanization of American Politics: The United States' Transnational Path from Civil War to Stabilization". The American Historical Review. 117 (2): 387–409. doi:10.1086/ahr.117.2.387. ISSN 0002-8762.
- ^ Tracy, Joshua T. (2014-08-05), The 'Mexicanization' of the United States: Mexico in U.S. Public Discourse, 1862-1880
- ^ Contreras, Joseph (2009). In the Shadow of the Giant: The Americanization of Modern Mexico. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4655-1.
- ^ Rua, Merida M. (2010-12-10). Latino Urban Ethnography and the Work of Elena Padilla. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09026-4.
- ^ Castañeda, Xóchitl; Manz, Beatriz; Davenport, Allison (2002). "Mexicanization: A Survival Strategy for Guatemalan Mayans in the San Francisco Bay Area". Migraciones Internacionales. 1 (3): 103–123. ISSN 1665-8906.
