LEADER 04328nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910808146203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79666-8 024 7 $a10.7560/702059 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457714 035 $a(OCoLC)614484749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158705 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158705 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150221 035 $a(PQKB)10519891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443168 035 $a(OCoLC)62239339 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2076 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443168 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217907 035 $a(DE-B1597)587749 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796669 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457714 100 $a20030408d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Cuenca to Queens $ean anthropological story of transnational migration /$fAnn Miles 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70205-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tTime Line of Important Events -- $t1 From Cuenca to Queens Transnational Lives -- $t2 Transnational Migration Economies and Identities -- $t3 Family Matters -- $t4 Rosa -- $t5 Lucho -- $t6 The Children -- $t7 Vicente -- $t8 Lives and Stories -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aTransnational 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. 606 $aEcuadorian Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions 606 $aImmigrants$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions 606 $aEcuadorians$xMigrations 606 $aTransnationalism$vCase studies 606 $aEthnology$vCase studies 607 $aEcuador$xEmigration and immigration$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$vCase studies 607 $aQueens (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aQueens (New York, N.Y.)$vBiography 607 $aCuenca (Ecuador)$vBiography 615 0$aEcuadorian Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aEcuadorians$xMigrations. 615 0$aTransnationalism 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a974.7/230046886 700 $aMiles$b Ann$g(Ann M.)$01604293 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808146203321 996 $aFrom Cuenca to Queens$94005915 997 $aUNINA