%0 Journal Article 
%A Aguirre, Nancy A.
%T Exile and repatriation in the "Barrios": the Great Depression in "La Prensa" and "La Opinión", 1930-1932
%D 2015
%@ 1889-5611
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/24878
%X During the Great Depression, "La Prensa" and "La Opinión" were two of the top-selling Spanish-language newspapers in the United States. These publications, established by Porfirista exile Ignacio E. Lozano, served the Mexican immigrant community, known as "el México de afuera", by reporting news from Mexico and the United States, and by encouraging charitable work during the economic crisis. More importantly, these newspapers published news and commentary related to the repatriation of approximately one million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans during the 1930s, a policy enacted by the U.S. government. This essay examines the reactions of "La Prensa" and "La Opinión" to repatriation, and the important perspective they provide on forced displacement from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. Lozano and his staff
were political exiles, banished from Mexico for criticizing the country’s revolutionary regime. Consequently, their political situation in Mexico and the fear of deportation influenced their non-combative reactions to repatriation. Nonetheless, Lozano and
his colleagues considered themselves opinion leaders in the Mexican "barrios", and they helped "barrio" residents by promoting charity work. They also maintained a sense of the optimism of the 1920s by publishing columns on sports, Hollywood, and popular culture, thus providing a momentary escape for readers from the challenges of the Great Depression.

%K La Prensa
%K La Opinión
%K Repatriation
%K Deportation
%K Immigration
%K Great Depression
%K México de afuera
%K Exile
%K Barrio
%K Ignacio E. Lozano
%K Porfirista
%K Repatriación
%K Deportación
%K Inmigración
%K Gran Depresión
%K Exilio
%K Arte
%K Art
%K Historia
%K History
%K Literatura
%K Literature
%K Sociología
%K Sociology
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala