A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch

• Autore: Hirsch Jennifer S
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.81/0972
• Soggetto topico: Marriage - Mexico; Marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region; Man-woman relationships - Mexico; Man-woman relationships - Georgia - Atlanta Region; Mexicans - Sexual behavior; Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - Georgia - Atlanta Region; Companionate marriage - Mexico; Companionate marriage - Georgia - Atlanta Region
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Here with us", introduction to a transnational community -- From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals -- "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community -- Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect -- "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage -- Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages -- Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages.
• Sommario/riassunto: From about seven children per woman in 1960, the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6. Such changes are part of a larger transformation explored in this book, a richly detailed ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage, and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta.
• Titolo autorizzato: A courtship after marriage
• ISBN: 1-59734-451-6; 0-520-93583-7; 9786612762499; 1-282-76249-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822677503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II