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Record Nr.

UNINA9911131311803321

Autore

Hirsch Jennifer S

Titolo

A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003

ISBN

9786612762499

9781597344517

1597344516

9780520935839

0520935837

9781282762497

1282762494

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

306.81/0972

Soggetti

Marriage - Mexico

Marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region

Man-woman relationships - Mexico

Man-woman relationships - Georgia - Atlanta Region

Mexicans - Sexual behavior

Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - Georgia - Atlanta Region

Companionate marriage - Mexico

Companionate marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Here with us", introduction to a transnational community -- From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals -- "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community -- Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect -- "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage -- Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages -- Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages.



Sommario/riassunto

From about seven children per woman in 1960, the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6. Such changes are part of a larger transformation explored in this book, a richly detailed ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage, and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta.