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Mendoza examines cross-border migration by Mexican women, who live in Mexico and work in domestic service in the U.S. She finds that multiple factors such as age, financial stability, and previous work experience draw women to?migrate? across the border daily. In addition, gender, social class, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mendoza, Christina, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Women foreign workers > Mexican-American Border Region.
Women household employees > Mexican-American Border Region.
Foreign workers, Mexican > United States.
Travailleuses étrangères > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Employées de maison > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Women foreign workers.
Women household employees.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Mendoza examines cross-border migration by Mexican women, who live in Mexico and work in domestic service in the U.S. She finds that multiple factors such as age, financial stability, and previous work experience draw women to?migrate? across the border daily. In addition, gender, social class, and nationality transform the spaces they encounter crossing the border. These spaces shape the reception and the perception of their status as migrants. The legality of cross-border domestic workers fluctuates and is complicated by the?safe? and?risky? spaces they inhabit on their journey. Finally.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 192 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.
ISBN:1593326815
9781593326814

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