04941nam 22010095 450 991045692810332120210108164825.01-282-42231-697866124223170-520-94583-210.1525/9780520945838(CKB)2550000000001423(EBL)922925(OCoLC)593235329(SSID)ssj0000336808(PQKBManifestationID)11297295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336808(PQKBWorkID)10282339(PQKB)11563616(DE-B1597)519983(DE-B1597)9780520945838(MiAaPQ)EBC922925(EXLCZ)99255000000000142320200424h20102010 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrDivided by Borders Mexican Migrants and Their Children /Joanna DrebyBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]©20101 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26660-9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Ordinary Families, Extraordinary Families -- Acknowledgments/Agradecimientos -- 1. Sacrifice -- 2. Ofelia and Germán Cruz: Migrant Time versus Child Time -- 3. Gender and Parenting from Afar -- 4. Armando López on Fatherhood -- 5. Children and Power during Separation -- 6. Middlewomen -- 7. Cindy Rodríguez between Two Worlds -- 8. Divided by Borders -- Appendix A: Research Design -- Appendix B: Family Descriptions -- Notes -- References -- IndexSince 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds is that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Yet, paradoxically, these hardships reinforce family members' commitments to each other. A story both of adversity and the intensity of family ties, Divided by Borders is an engaging and insightful investigation of the ways Mexican families struggle and ultimately persevere in a global economy.Emigrant remittances - MexicoEmigrant remittances -- MexicoHouseholds - MexicoHouseholds -- MexicoMarital conflictMarital conflict -- Case studiesMexicans - Family relationships - United StatesMexicans -- Family relationships --United States -- Case studiesMexico - Emigration and immigrationMexico -- Emigration and immigrationParent and childParent and child -- Case studiesMexicansFamily relationshipsUnited StatesCase studiesEmigrant remittancesMexicoCase studiesHouseholdsMexicoCase studiesMarital conflictParent and childImmigration & EmigrationHILCCPolitical ScienceHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCElectronic books.Emigrant remittances - Mexico.Emigrant remittances -- Mexico.Households - Mexico.Households -- Mexico.Marital conflict.Marital conflict -- Case studies.Mexicans - Family relationships - United States.Mexicans -- Family relationships --United States -- Case studies.Mexico - Emigration and immigration.Mexico -- Emigration and immigration.Parent and child.Parent and child -- Case studies.MexicansFamily relationshipsEmigrant remittancesHouseholdsMarital conflictParent and childImmigration & EmigrationPolitical ScienceLaw, Politics & Government306.874MS 3600BVBrvkDreby Joanna, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1040666DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910456928103321Divided by Borders2463709UNINA