Abrazando el espíritu : Bracero families confront the US-Mexico border / / Ana Elizabeth Rosas |
Autore | Rosas Ana Elizabeth <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8/6872073 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
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 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 |
ISBN |
0-520-28267-1
0-520-95865-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
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Abrazando el espíritu : Bracero families confront the US-Mexico border / / Ana Elizabeth Rosas |
Autore | Rosas Ana Elizabeth <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8/6872073 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
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 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 |
ISBN |
0-520-28267-1
0-520-95865-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810867403321 |
Rosas Ana Elizabeth <1978->
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Erotic journeys [[electronic resource] ] : Mexican immigrants and their sex lives / / Gloria González-López |
Autore | González-López Gloria <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.7/089/68720794 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles
Immigrants - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Immigrants - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Sex - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
discussion books
erotic nonfiction heterosexuality immigration issues immigration intimate lives latin american studies los angeles mexican immigrants mexican men mexican women mexico migrant experience nonfiction personal interviews personal journeys political issues romantic relationships settlement experiences sex and romance sex lives sex sexual ideologies sexual practices sexuality sexy social relationships united states us minorities |
ISBN |
1-282-35512-0
9786612355127 0-520-93613-2 1-59875-528-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Twice Forgotten: The Sex Lives Of Heterosexual Mexicans In The United States -- 2. Beyond The Hymen: Women, Virginity, And Sex -- 3. Pleasurable Dangers, Dangerous Pleasures: Men And Their First Sexual Experience -- 4. Sex Is A Family Affair: Nurturing And Regulating Sexuality -- 5. Sex And The Immigrant Communities: Risky Opportunities, Opportune Risks -- 6. Sexual Discourses And Cultures In The Barrio: Networking -- 7. Sexual Bargains: Work, Money, And Power -- 8. Gendered Tapestries: Sexuality Threads Of Migrant Sexualities -- Appendix A. Study Participants -- Appendix B. Methodological Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318903321 |
González-López Gloria <1960->
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Erotic journeys [[electronic resource] ] : Mexican immigrants and their sex lives / / Gloria González-López |
Autore | González-López Gloria <1960-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.7/089/68720794 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles
Immigrants - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Immigrants - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Sex - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
discussion books
erotic nonfiction heterosexuality immigration issues immigration intimate lives latin american studies los angeles mexican immigrants mexican men mexican women mexico migrant experience nonfiction personal interviews personal journeys political issues romantic relationships settlement experiences sex and romance sex lives sex sexual ideologies sexual practices sexuality sexy social relationships united states us minorities |
ISBN |
1-282-35512-0
9786612355127 0-520-93613-2 1-59875-528-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Twice Forgotten: The Sex Lives Of Heterosexual Mexicans In The United States -- 2. Beyond The Hymen: Women, Virginity, And Sex -- 3. Pleasurable Dangers, Dangerous Pleasures: Men And Their First Sexual Experience -- 4. Sex Is A Family Affair: Nurturing And Regulating Sexuality -- 5. Sex And The Immigrant Communities: Risky Opportunities, Opportune Risks -- 6. Sexual Discourses And Cultures In The Barrio: Networking -- 7. Sexual Bargains: Work, Money, And Power -- 8. Gendered Tapestries: Sexuality Threads Of Migrant Sexualities -- Appendix A. Study Participants -- Appendix B. Methodological Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822548103321 |
González-López Gloria <1960->
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Fit to Be Citizens? : Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 |
Autore | Molina Natalia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/0979494 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History
Asian Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Mexican Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Public health - California - Los Angeles - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
america american citizens asian americans chinese immigrants cultural history early 20th century ethnic studies ethnographers ethnography health officials japanese immigrants labor exploitation legal exclusion living conditions los angeles mexican americans mexican immigrants nonfiction public health race and law race issues racial groups racial politics racialization racism scientific developments united states |
ISBN |
1-282-77201-5
9786612772016 0-520-93920-4 1-4337-0842-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interlopers In The Land Of Sunshine: Chinese Disease Carriers, Launderers, And Vegetable Peddlers -- 2. Caught Between Discourses Of Disease, Health, And Nation: Public Health Attitudes Toward Japanese And Mexican Laborers In Progressive-Era Los Angeles -- 3. Institutionalizing Public Health In Ethnic Los Angeles In The 1920's -- 4. "We Can No Longer Ignore The Problem Of The Mexican": Depression-Era Public Health Policies In Los Angeles -- 5. The Fight For "Health, Morality, And Decent Living Standards": Mexican Americans And The Struggle For Public Housing In 1930's Los Angeles -- Epilogue: Genealogies Of Racial Discourses And Practices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784411403321 |
Molina Natalia
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Fit to Be Citizens? : Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939 |
Autore | Molina Natalia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/0979494 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History
Asian Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Mexican Americans - Health and hygiene - California - Los Angeles - History Public health - California - Los Angeles - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
america american citizens asian americans chinese immigrants cultural history early 20th century ethnic studies ethnographers ethnography health officials japanese immigrants labor exploitation legal exclusion living conditions los angeles mexican americans mexican immigrants nonfiction public health race and law race issues racial groups racial politics racialization racism scientific developments united states |
ISBN |
1-282-77201-5
9786612772016 0-520-93920-4 1-4337-0842-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interlopers In The Land Of Sunshine: Chinese Disease Carriers, Launderers, And Vegetable Peddlers -- 2. Caught Between Discourses Of Disease, Health, And Nation: Public Health Attitudes Toward Japanese And Mexican Laborers In Progressive-Era Los Angeles -- 3. Institutionalizing Public Health In Ethnic Los Angeles In The 1920's -- 4. "We Can No Longer Ignore The Problem Of The Mexican": Depression-Era Public Health Policies In Los Angeles -- 5. The Fight For "Health, Morality, And Decent Living Standards": Mexican Americans And The Struggle For Public Housing In 1930's Los Angeles -- Epilogue: Genealogies Of Racial Discourses And Practices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827297703321 |
Molina Natalia
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Fresh fruit, broken bodies [[electronic resource] ] : migrant farmworkers in the United States / / Seth M. Holmes |
Autore | Holmes Seth M. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 331.5/440973 |
Collana | California Series in Public Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Migrant agricultural laborers - United States - Social conditions
Migrant agricultural laborers Agricultural laborers Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologist
anthropology arizona desert biography borderlands crossing the border cultural analysis deportation deported immigrants embodied anthropology farm labor camps health and wellness health care human rights immigration stories immigration memoir mexican immigrants oaxaca social inequalities us mexico relations |
ISBN | 0-520-95479-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- FOREWORD -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Introduction. "Worth Risking Your Life?" -- TWO. "We Are Field Workers". Embodied Anthropology of Migration -- THREE. Segregation on the Farm. Ethnic Hierarchies at Work -- FOUR. "How the Poor Suffer". Embodying the Violence Continuum -- FIVE. "Doctors Don't Know Anything". The Clinical Gaze in Migrant Health -- SIX. "Because They're Lower to the Ground". Naturalizing Social Suffering -- SEVEN. Conclusion. Change, Pragmatic Solidarity, and Beyond -- APPENDIX. On Ethnographic Writing and Contextual Knowledge -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Migrant farmworkers in the United States |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786707103321 |
Holmes Seth M. <1975->
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Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) |
Disciplina | 304.8/73/0082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Hondagneu-SoteloPierrette |
Soggetto topico | Women immigrants - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
asian immigrants cultural employment feminism feminist gender studies gender global economy immigrant experience immigrant families immigration labor migration labor mexican immigrants migration studies migration motherhood naturalization philippines scholarly social history social studies transnational us immigrants virginity womens issues |
ISBN |
0-520-92986-1
9786612357060 1-59734-629-2 1-282-35706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Gender and Immigration: A Retrospective and Introduction -- Chapter 2. Engendering Migration Studies: The Case of New Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 3. Strategic Instantiations of Gendering in the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration from the Philippines to the United States -- Chapter 5. Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families -- Chapter 6. The Intersection of Work and Gender: Central American Immigrant Women and Employment in California -- Chapter 7. Israeli and Russian Jews: Gendered Perspectives on Settlement and Return Migration -- Chapter 8. Gendered Ethnicity: Creating a Hindu Indian Identity in the United States -- Chapter 9. Disentangling Race-Gender Work Experiences: Second-Generation Caribbean Young Adults in New York City -- Chapter 10. Gendered Geographies of Home: Mapping Second- and Third-Generation Puerto Ricans' Sense of Home -- Chapter 11. De madres a hijas: Gendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women -- Chapter 12. Raising Children, and Growing Up, across National Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Age, Gender, and Migration -- Chapter 13. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives -- Chapter 14. Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans -- Chapter 15. "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood -- Chapter 16. Gender, Status, and the State in Transnational Spaces: The Gendering of Political Participation and Mexican Hometown Associations -- Chapter 17. "The Blue Passport": Gender and the Social Process of Naturalization among Dominican Immigrants in New York City -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783090703321 |
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Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) |
Disciplina | 304.8/73/0082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Hondagneu-SoteloPierrette |
Soggetto topico | Women immigrants - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
asian immigrants cultural employment feminism feminist gender studies gender global economy immigrant experience immigrant families immigration labor migration labor mexican immigrants migration studies migration motherhood naturalization philippines scholarly social history social studies transnational us immigrants virginity womens issues |
ISBN |
0-520-92986-1
9786612357060 1-59734-629-2 1-282-35706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Gender and Immigration: A Retrospective and Introduction -- Chapter 2. Engendering Migration Studies: The Case of New Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 3. Strategic Instantiations of Gendering in the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration from the Philippines to the United States -- Chapter 5. Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families -- Chapter 6. The Intersection of Work and Gender: Central American Immigrant Women and Employment in California -- Chapter 7. Israeli and Russian Jews: Gendered Perspectives on Settlement and Return Migration -- Chapter 8. Gendered Ethnicity: Creating a Hindu Indian Identity in the United States -- Chapter 9. Disentangling Race-Gender Work Experiences: Second-Generation Caribbean Young Adults in New York City -- Chapter 10. Gendered Geographies of Home: Mapping Second- and Third-Generation Puerto Ricans' Sense of Home -- Chapter 11. De madres a hijas: Gendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women -- Chapter 12. Raising Children, and Growing Up, across National Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Age, Gender, and Migration -- Chapter 13. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives -- Chapter 14. Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans -- Chapter 15. "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood -- Chapter 16. Gender, Status, and the State in Transnational Spaces: The Gendering of Political Participation and Mexican Hometown Associations -- Chapter 17. "The Blue Passport": Gender and the Social Process of Naturalization among Dominican Immigrants in New York City -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825554603321 |
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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783670803321 |
Zlolniski Christian
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