The configuration of new identities on the southern Californian border is urgent and relevant due to its many social conflicts . These
conflicts are exacerbated because of the sharp economic crisis throughout the region. Perhaps one can find some explanation for the ruining of large swaths of the social life on the Californian southern border in these "Other Voices." On the other hand, in the unfolding of
these "Other Voices" we hear and visualize the life experiences of identities that enter into conflict with the delineated models promoted
by the culture industry and advertising. To read their accounts is to perceive the echo of the voices that profoundly make up our social and
border identities; those that the omnipresent mass media blurs and distorts. -Alejandro Solomianski
