04355nam 2200733 a 450 991077757390332120230207224658.00-292-79666-810.7560/702059(CKB)1000000000457714(OCoLC)614484749(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217907(SSID)ssj0000158705(PQKBManifestationID)11180423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158705(PQKBWorkID)10150221(PQKB)10519891(MiAaPQ)EBC3443168(OCoLC)62239339(MdBmJHUP)muse2076(Au-PeEL)EBL3443168(CaPaEBR)ebr10217907(DE-B1597)587749(DE-B1597)9780292796669(EXLCZ)99100000000045771420030408d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrom Cuenca to Queens[electronic resource] an anthropological story of transnational migration /Ann Miles1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20041 online resource (248 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-70205-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Time Line of Important Events -- 1 From Cuenca to Queens Transnational Lives -- 2 Transnational Migration Economies and Identities -- 3 Family Matters -- 4 Rosa -- 5 Lucho -- 6 The Children -- 7 Vicente -- 8 Lives and Stories -- Notes -- References -- IndexTransnational migration is a controversial and much-discussed issue in both the popular media and the social sciences, but at its heart migration is about individual people making the difficult choice to leave their families and communities in hopes of achieving greater economic prosperity. Vicente Quitasaca is one of these people. In 1995 he left his home in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca to live and work in New York City. This anthropological story of Vicente's migration and its effects on his life and the lives of his parents and siblings adds a crucial human dimension to statistics about immigration and the macro impact of transnational migration on the global economy. Anthropologist Ann Miles has known the Quitasacas since 1989. Her long acquaintance with the family allows her to delve deeply into the factors that eventually impelled the oldest son to make the difficult and dangerous journey to the United States as an undocumented migrant. Focusing on each family member in turn, Miles explores their varying perceptions of social inequality and racism in Ecuador and their reactions to Vicente's migration. As family members speak about Vicente's new, hard-to-imagine life in America, they reveal how transnational migration becomes a symbol of failure, hope, resignation, and promise for poor people in struggling economies. Miles frames this fascinating family biography with an analysis of the historical and structural conditions that encourage transnational migration, so that the Quitasacas' story becomes a vivid firsthand illustration of this growing global phenomenon.Ecuadorian AmericansNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditionsImmigrantsNew York (State)New YorkSocial conditionsEcuadoriansMigrationsTransnationalismCase studiesEthnologyCase studiesEcuadorEmigration and immigrationCase studiesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationCase studiesQueens (New York, N.Y.)Social conditionsQueens (New York, N.Y.)BiographyCuenca (Ecuador)BiographyEcuadorian AmericansSocial conditions.ImmigrantsSocial conditions.EcuadoriansMigrations.TransnationalismEthnology974.7/230046886Miles Ann(Ann M.)1483598MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777573903321From Cuenca to Queens3701778UNINA