Gendered Transitions Mexican Experiences of Immigration

Name: Gendered Transitions Mexican Experiences of Immigration
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ISBN: 9780520075146

ISBN-10: 0520075145

ISBN-13: 9780520075146

Edition: 1996

Authors: Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

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The momentous influx of Mexican undocumented workers into the United States over the last decades has spurred new ways of thinking about immigration. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo's incisive book enlarges our understanding of these recently arrived Americans and uncovers the myriad ways that women and men recreate families and community institutions in a new land. Hondagneu-Sotelo argues that people do not migrate as a result of concerted household strategies, but as a consequence of negotiations often fraught with conflict in families and social networks. Migration and settlement transform long-held ideals and lifestyles. Traditional patterns are reevaluated, and new relationships--often more…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/13/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Table of Study Participants



Immigration, Gender, and Settlement



The History of Mexican Undocumented Settlement in the United States



The Oakview Barrio



Gendered Transitions



Reconstructing Gender through Immigration and Settlement



Women Consolidating Settlement



Gendered Immigration


Notes


References


Index