Divided by borders : Mexican migrants and their children / Joanna Dreby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dreby, Joanna, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexicans--Family relationships--United States--Case studies.

Mexicans.

Emigrant remittances--Mexico.

Emigrant remittances.

Households--Mexico.

Households.

Marital conflict--Case studies.

Marital conflict.

Parent and child--Case studies.

Parent and child.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, Joanna Dreby offers an up-close and personal account of the lives of families divided by borders. What she finds is that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Yet, paradoxically, these hardships reinforce family members' commitments to each other. A story both of adversity and the intensity of family ties, Divided by Borders is an engaging and insightful investigation of the ways Mexican families struggle and ultimately persevere in a global economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface: Ordinary Families, Extraordinary Families

Acknowledgments/Agradecimientos

1. Sacrifice

2. Ofelia and Germán Cruz: Migrant Time versus Child Time

3. Gender and Parenting from Afar

4. Armando López on Fatherhood

5. Children and Power during Separation

6. Middlewomen

7. Cindy Rodríguez between Two Worlds

8. Divided by Borders

Appendix A: Research Design

Appendix B: Family Descriptions

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612422317

9781282422315

1282422316

9780520945838

0520945832

OCLC:

593235329