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- A different version of this paper was presented in April, 1992, at the conference on “Borders and Diasporas” at the University of California‐Santa Cruz. My thanks to James Clifford and Jose Saldivar, the conference organizers. My thanks also to Rosa Linda Fregosa for her comments.