https://publications-prairial.fr/representations/index.php?id=735 Index terms fr 0 https://publications-prairial.fr/representations/index.php?id=1834 Through an examination of the fateful encounters between African American soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca and indigenous populations who lived and labored in areas located in close proximity to the military installation, Robert F. Jefferson argues that the racial and ethnic traditions, customs, and practices that existed along the Arizona–Northern Mexico border during the early 1940s were far more fluid than scholars have ever imagined. Exploring the massive influx of black recruits and military families who entered the region, the piece points out that they found that the cultural mores and racial fault lines established in border towns like Naco, Agua Prieta, Hereford, and Nogales reflected an elasticity and a syncretic dynamism that was largely absent in desert metropolitan areas like Tucson and Phoenix. In the process, the racial identity making and cultural exchanges that frequently took place along the border frequently outdistanced the racist and xenophobic politics practiced in official Washington and Phoenix at the time. But the moments of interethnic unity were also freighted with danger and uncertainty as black GIs found themselves standing face to face with the racial enmity and class antagonism that structured daily life along the Arizona–Mexico border. The piece concludes that the complexities surrounding the fateful encounters between all of the parties in the border areas during the war and how these interactions were framed and interpreted by politicians, pundits, and border townspeople later in the decade have yet to be fully understood. sam., 20 déc. 2025 18:21:27 +0100 ven., 23 janv. 2026 17:53:04 +0100 https://publications-prairial.fr/representations/index.php?id=1834 https://publications-prairial.fr/representations/index.php?id=730 Cet article se propose d’aborder les élections présidentielles de 2020 sous l’angle des changements qui ont eu lieu ces dernières décennies en Arizona. Alors qu’il s’agit d’un État traditionnellement républicain, ses résidents ont voté démocrate pour la première fois depuis 1996. Nous nous interrogerons sur les raisons du passage d’un État rouge à violet, notamment à travers le changement démographique amorcé dans les années 2000, les mesures anti-migratoires comme SB 1070 en 2010, ainsi que la sécurité frontalière. Si le républicain Donald Trump avait promis de continuer une politique anti-migratoire stricte et de renforcer la sécurité à la frontière, Joseph Biden a quant à lui décidé d’annuler des décrets présidentiels de son prédécesseur, annonçant un revirement important pour l’État. This article focuses on the 2020 presidential elections and on the changes that occurred in Arizona in the past decades. Usually considered as a Republican State, the majority of Arizonans chose the Democratic candidate in November 2020 for the first time since 1996. We will analyze the reasons of the transition from a red to a purple state, through the aspects of the demographic changes that started in the 2000s, the anti-migration policies such as SB 1070 in 2010 and border security measures. If Donald Trump had promised to continue his strict anti-migration policies and to reinforce border security, Joseph Biden decided in his first days in office to undo a series of executive orders signed by his predecessor, thus marking a shift for the state and its inhabitants. mar., 02 avril 2024 18:00:28 +0200 mar., 28 mai 2024 14:44:00 +0200 https://publications-prairial.fr/representations/index.php?id=730