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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares the documentary film "Maid in America" and an ethnographic study conducted by Gonzalez-Lopez, Erotic Journeys. No additional sources cited.
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of a better life, but find, for the most part, obstacles for their dreams of a better life. Within both works the ways in which immigrant women negotiate risk and
shape their sexuality and response to motherhood are intriguing. A factor that is evident in Gonzalez-Lopezs ethnography that describes undocumented immigrant behavior is referred to as a "political economy
of risk," as this concept helps to explain why certain behaviors are embraced as it indicates how and why immigrants shape their behaviors(Gonzalez-Lopez, 2005, p. 149). Many immigrants come to
Los Angeles who are "financially needy, legally vulnerable, and looking for work" (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2005, p. 149). At first, they settle into the communities established by the immigrants who came before
them, as this provides them with a "kin, a familiar language, and a familiar culture" (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2005, p. 149). In most cases, they are hired for jobs that are at
the very bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, which means that these communities have severe incidence of poverty (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2005). Jobs are largely found in what has been classified as "Mexican
immigrant niches," that is, jobs that are "low-paying, and frequently boring, dirty, hazardous, and without prospects for advancement" (Gonzalez-Lopez, 2005, p. 150). Similarly, in "Maid in America," the women
portrayed in the film live in a climate of risk with "no health insurance, no drivers license, no pension and no recourse" to justice when they are exposed to inequities,
such as ill treatment from employers (PBS, 2008). For example, Eulalia Camargo, a Latina domestic, had a cup of hot coffee thrown in her face by her employer. While this
formed the basis of a play that she wrote about her experience, "Call Me Maria," which pictures her as achieving justice, in reality, she could not go to authorities over
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