Motherhood across Borders : Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York /

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While we have an incredible amount of statistical information about immigrants coming in and out of the United States, we know very little about how migrant families stay together and raise their children. Beyond the numbers, what are the everyday experiences of families with members on both sides o...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Gabrielle (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Mothers > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Women immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Mothers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Mothers > Mexico > Social conditions.
Immigrant children > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Immigrant children > Mexico > Social conditions.
New York (State) > New York.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:While we have an incredible amount of statistical information about immigrants coming in and out of the United States, we know very little about how migrant families stay together and raise their children. Beyond the numbers, what are the everyday experiences of families with members on both sides of the border? Focusing on Mexican women who migrate to New York City and leave children beyind, this book examines parenting from afar, as well as the ways in which separated siblings cope with different experiences across borders. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic research, Gabrielle Oliveira offers a unique look at the many consequences of maternal migration. Oliveira illuminates the life trajectories of separated siblings, including their divergent paths, and the everyday struggles that the undocumented mother may go through in order to be a good parent to all of her children, no matter where they live. Despite these efforts, the book uncovers the far-reaching effects of maternal migration that influence both the children who accompany their mothers to New York City, and those who remain in Mexico.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781479801855

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