Alienation, Emotions, and Well-Being In a Mexican Indian Society

In a Mexican Indian community in Mexico in the State of Puebla, the recent installation of maquiladoras in the vicinity of the community, has provoked important changes in the socio cultural and economic life of the villagers that is reflected in their patterns of emotions, which role in overcoming alienation and restoring individual’s socio psychological and physical health will be analyzed. As it will be seen, alienation through emotion labor and control are not an important part of the economic wealth of the community.