A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch
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| Autore: | Hirsch Jennifer S |
| Titolo: | A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / / Jennifer S. Hirsch |
| 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. |
| ISBN: | 9786612762499 |
| 9781597344517 | |
| 1597344516 | |
| 9780520935839 | |
| 0520935837 | |
| 9781282762497 | |
| 1282762494 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911131311803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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