Divided by Borders : Mexican Migrants and Their Children / / Joanna Dreby

• Autore: Dreby Joanna
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.874
• Soggetto topico: 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; Immigration & Emigration; Political Science; Law, Politics & Government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: MS 3600
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Divided by Borders
• ISBN: 1-282-42231-6; 9786612422317; 0-520-94583-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456928103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II