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Divided by borders : Mexican migrants and their children /

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 manag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dreby, Joanna, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.