Abrazando el espíritu : Bracero families confront the US-Mexico border / / Ana Elizabeth Rosas

• Autore: Rosas Ana Elizabeth <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8/6872073
• Soggetto topico: Foreign workers, Mexican - Family relationships - United States - History - 20th century; Migrant agricultural laborers - Family relationships - United States - History - 20th century; Mexicans - United States - Social conditions - 20th century; Families - Mexico - Social conditions - 20th century; Immigrant families - United States - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico Emigration and immigration Social aspects; United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects
• Soggetto non controllato: 20th 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Structured 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Abrazando el espíritu
• ISBN: 0-520-28267-1; 0-520-95865-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810867403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American crossroads ; ; 40.