From homemakers to breadwinners to community leaders : migrating women, class, and color / Norma Fuentes-Mayorga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuentes-Mayorga, Norma, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominican American women--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Dominican American women.

Mexican American women--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Mexican American women.

Dominican American women--New York (State)--New York--Cultural assimilation.

Dominican Republic--Emigration and immigration--Case studies.

Dominican Republic.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Case studies.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"In From Homemakers, to Breadwinners to Community Leaders, Norma Fuentes-Mayorga compares the immigration and integration experiences of Dominican and Mexican women in New York City, a traditional destination for Dominicans but a relatively new one for Mexicans. Her book documents the significance of women-led migration within an increasingly racialized context and underscores the contributions women make to their communities of origin and of settlement. Fuentes-Mayorga's research is timely, especially against the backdrop of policy debates about the future of family reunification laws and the unprecedented immigration of women and minors from Latin America, many of whom seek human rights protection or to reunite with families in the US. From Homemakers, to Breadwinners to Community Leaders provides a compelling look at the suffering of migrant mothers and the mourning of family separation, but also at the agency and contributions that women make with their imported human capital and remittances to the receiving and sending community. Ultimately the book contributes further understanding to the heterogeneity of Latin American immigration and highlights the social mobility of Afro-Caribbean and indigenous migrant women in New York"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The migration of women and race : a typology

the new spaces and faces of Latino neighborhoods in New York City

"Unos duermen de noche y otros de día": the living arrangements of undocumented families

From homemakers to breadwinners to community leaders : an intersectional view of migration

"Y ellos pensaban que yo era blanca!" Racial capital and ambiguous identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages (215)-225) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9788-2214-6

1-9788-2216-2

OCLC:

1379018529