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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirsch, Jennifer S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Mexico.

Marriage.

Marriage--Georgia--Atlanta Region.

Man-woman relationships--Mexico.

Man-woman relationships.

Man-woman relationships--Georgia--Atlanta Region.

Mexicans--Sexual behavior.

Mexicans.

Mexican Americans--Sexual behavior--Georgia--Atlanta Region.

Mexican Americans.

Companionate marriage.

Georgia.

Georgia--Atlanta Region.

Companionate marriage--Mexico.

Companionate marriage--Georgia--Atlanta Region.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xxi, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

This is one of the very first volumes exploring the lives, private or otherwise, of migrants in the American Southeast. Given recent census results, which showed enormous growth in Mexican migration to the Southeastern US, this provides an intimate look at a group of our new neighbors about whom very little is known.

Contents:

"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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and index.

ISBN:

0520228707

0520228715

OCLC:

51178031