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

Berkeley : University of California Press [©2010], 2010

1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 311 pages) : illustrations

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

English

Erscheint auch als: Dreby, Joanna, 1976- : Divided by borders. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 (Druck-Ausgabe)

0-520-94583-2 (electronic bk.); 978-0-520-94583-8 (electronic bk.)

1-282-42231-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-282-42231-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 9786612422317 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6612422319 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-26660-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-26660-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-26090-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-26090-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-26660-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-520-26088-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe); 0-520-26088-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

MS 3600      Ähnliche Literatur

JV7402

306.874

bisacsh: FAM 034000 ; bisacsh: SOC007000 ; bisacsh: FAM 004000 ; bisacsh: FAM 001010 ; bisacsh: FAM 033000

LOC-SH: Mexicans -- Family relationships -- United States -- Case studies ; Emigrant remittances -- Mexico ; Households -- Mexico ; Marital conflict -- Case studies ; Parent and child -- Case studies ; Mexico -- Emigration and immigration ; Electronic books

Mexico ; United States ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Abuse ; Child Abuse ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Adoption & Fostering ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Parent & Adult Child ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration ; Emigrant remittances ; Emigration and immigration ; Households ; Marital conflict ; Parent and child ; Familie ; Familienbeziehung ; Hispanos ; Familiensoziologie ; Auswanderung ; Mexikanischer Einwanderer ; Immigration & Emigration ; Political Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Case studies

Preface : ordinary families, extraordinary families -- Sacrifice -- Ofelia and Germán Cruz : migrant time versus child time -- Gender and parenting from afar -- Armando López on fatherhood -- Children and power during separation -- Middlewomen -- Cindy Rodríguez between two worlds -- Divided by borders.

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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 i