Sacrificing Families : Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders /

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Widening global inequalities make it difficult for parents in developing nations to provide for their children, and both mothers and fathers often find that migration in search of higher wages is their only hope. Their dreams are straightforward: with more money, they can improve their children'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abrego, Leisy J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
El Salvador.
gender.
illegality.
immigration laws.
inequalities.
migration-development nexus.
remittances.
transnational families.
transnationalism.
well-being.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Salvadoran Transnational Families
  • 2. Why Parents Migrate
  • 3. Journeys and Initial Settlement
  • 4. The Structure of Trauma through Separation
  • 5. Gendered Opportunities, Expectations, and Well-Being
  • 6. How Children Fare
  • 7. The Consequences of Long-Term Family Separation
  • 8. ¿Valió la pena? Is Family Separation Worth It?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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