ISBN:
0520945832
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9780520945838
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 311 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dreby, Joanna, 1976- Divided by borders
DDC:
306.874
Keywords:
Mexicans Case studies Family relationships
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Emigrant remittances
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Households
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Marital conflict Case studies
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Parent and child Case studies
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Abuse ; Child Abuse
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Adoption & Fostering
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Parent & Adult Child
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
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Emigrant remittances
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Emigration and immigration
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Households
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Marital conflict
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Parent and child
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Familie
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Familienbeziehung
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Hispanos
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Familiensoziologie
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Auswanderung
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Mexikanischer Einwanderer
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Immigration & Emigration
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Political Science
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Law, Politics & Government
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Case studies
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Mexico Emigration and immigration
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Mexico
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United States
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Electronic books
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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