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Autore: | Fomby Paula |
Titolo: | Mexican migrants and their parental households in Mexico / / Paula Fomby |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 164 pages) |
Disciplina: | 306.85/0972 |
Soggetto topico: | Mexicans - Family relationships - United States |
Emigrant remittances - Mexico - Sociological aspects | |
Households - Mexico | |
Migrant labor - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | Mexico Emigration and immigration |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Households of origin and Mexico-U.S. migration -- Models of migration and household organization -- The shape and form of parental households in Mexico : a descriptive summary -- The influence of households of origin on Mexico-U.S. migration -- Homeleaving by nonmigrant siblings -- The role of migration in cash transfers from children to parents -- Conclusion: Migrants as adult children and siblings. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Fomby explores how U.S.-bound migrants participate in systems of intergenerational exchange with their families remaining in Mexico. Taking the perspective of migrants as adult children in their families of origin, she considers the factors associated with inception of migration careers, and asks how migration by selected children affects the social and economic organization of the parental household. Fomby s review of theoretical and empirical research shows that the dominant focus on male labor migration overlooks how migrants continue to relate to and influence parents and siblings. She shows that migrant-sending parental households in Mexico are distinctive in their composition, and that migrants continue to make significant economic contributions from abroad. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mexican migrants and their parental households in Mexico |
ISBN: | 1-59332-188-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910777530003321 |
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