ISBN:
9780814721216
,
0814721214
,
9780814785072
,
0814785077
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 269 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Domínguez, Silvia, 1961- Getting ahead
DDC:
305.5130869120973
Keywords:
Social mobility United States
;
Immigrants Social networks
;
United States
;
Acculturation United States
;
Political refugees Chile
;
Chileans United States
;
Chile
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Social mobility
;
Immigrants Social networks
;
Acculturation
;
Political refugees
;
Chileans
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Social Classes
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
;
Acculturation
;
Chileans
;
Immigrants ; Social networks
;
Political refugees
;
Social mobility
;
Electronic books
;
Chile
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighborhoods. Silvia Domínguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get ahead. Through a rich ethnographic account and in-depth interviews, the strong voices of these women demonstratehow they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skillfullynavigating both constraints and opportunities. Domínguez makes it clear t
Abstract:
Social flow -- The neighborhoods -- Social support and family life -- Leverage-based social positioning -- Family and work support -- When social positioning is not enough -- When intervention is necessary -- Immigrant networks.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index. - Description based on print version record
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