05691nam 2201129 450 991081086740332120230126205343.00-520-28267-10-520-95865-910.1525/9780520958654(CKB)2550000001345677(EBL)1711049(OCoLC)889674331(SSID)ssj0001334285(PQKBManifestationID)11994089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334285(PQKBWorkID)11393573(PQKB)10798609(StDuBDS)EDZ0000986080(MiAaPQ)EBC1711049(OCoLC)890480324(MdBmJHUP)muse37645(DE-B1597)520517(DE-B1597)9780520958654(Au-PeEL)EBL1711049(CaPaEBR)ebr10913443(CaONFJC)MIL638386(EXLCZ)99255000000134567720140904h20142014 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrAbrazando el espíritu Bracero families confront the US-Mexico border /Ana Elizabeth RosasOakland, California :University of California Press,2014.©20141 online resource (276 p.)American Crossroads ;40Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28266-3 1-322-07135-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --List of Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Bracero Recruitment in the Mexican Countryside, 1942-1947 --2. The Bracero Program as a Permanent State of Emergency --3. Special Immigration and the Management of the Mexican Family, 1949-1959 --4. Government Censorship of Family Communication, 1942-1964 --5. In Painful Silence: The Untold Emotional Work of Long-Distance Romantic Relationships and Marriages, 1957-1964 --6. Hidden from History: Photo Stories of Love --7. Awake Houses and Mujeres Intermediarias (Intermediary Women), 1958-1964 --8. Ejemplar y sín Igual (Exemplary and without Equal): The Loss of Childhood, 1942-1964 --9. Decididas y Atrevidas (Determined and Daring): In Search of Answers, 1947-1964 --Epilogue: The Generative Potential of Thinking and Acting Historically --Notes --Bibliography --IndexStructured to meet employers' needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical labor in the United States between 1942 and 1964 in exchange for remittances sent back to Mexico. As partners and family members were dispersed across national borders, interpersonal relationships were transformed. The prolonged absences of Mexican workers, mostly men, forced women and children at home to inhabit new roles, create new identities, and cope with long-distance communication from fathers, brothers, and sons. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Ana Elizabeth Rosas uncovers a previously hidden history of transnational family life. Intimate and personal experiences are revealed to show how Mexican immigrants and their families were not passive victims but instead found ways to embrace the spirit (abrazando el espíritu) of making and implementing difficult decisions concerning their family situations-creating new forms of affection, gender roles, and economic survival strategies with long-term consequences.American crossroads ;40.Foreign workers, MexicanFamily relationshipsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMigrant agricultural laborersFamily relationshipsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMexicansUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryFamiliesMexicoSocial conditions20th centuryImmigrant familiesUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryMexicoEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspects20th century american history.affection.american crossroads series.american immigration.bracero program.economic struggles.family situations.family.farm workers.farming.gender roles.history.immigration.interpersonal relationships.labor history.labor.long distance communication.low wage farmers.mexican field workers.mexican immigrants.mexican workers.mexico.national borders.personal experiences.physical workers.political.remittances.survival.transnational family life.united states of america.Foreign workers, MexicanFamily relationshipsHistoryMigrant agricultural laborersFamily relationshipsHistoryMexicansSocial conditionsFamiliesSocial conditionsImmigrant familiesSocial conditions305.8/6872073Rosas Ana Elizabeth1978-1719051MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810867403321Abrazando el espíritu4116526UNINA