This ethnography of communication study details three themes (hard work, family, and religion) as relevant to the lives of Mexican American interlocutors in Biola, CA. The project entailed four summers of participant observations and 43 formal interviews (that is, 1993 1996, June August) with additional informal chats and observations taken at other times of the year. The conclusions of the study demonstrate how the role of family and religion serve as unifying forces despite the economic struggles that so many of the families face in this small, agricultural community.
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Eric Aoki (2000) studied this question.