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Author:

Oliveira, Gabrielle, author.

Title:

Motherhood across borders : immigrants and their children in Mexico and New York / Gabrielle Oliveira.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Immigrant children--Mexico--Social conditions.
Immigrant children--New York--New York--Social conditions.
Mothers--Mexico--Social conditions.
Mothers--New York--New York--Social conditions.
Women immigrants--New York--New York--Social conditions.
Mothers--Social conditions.
Women immigrants--Social conditions.
Mexico.
New York (State)--New York.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Interlude 1. Parallel Lives -- Ideals and Practices of Transnational Motherhood and Care -- Interlude 2. When Caregivers and Mothers Don't Get Along -- Transnational Mothers and School-Related Decisions -- Interlude 3. Drawings -- Children and Youth's Perspectives of the Other Side : Ideas of Inequality and Sense of Belonging -- Interlude 4. Giving Birth in New York City -- Educational Aspirations and Social Trajectories of Separated Siblings -- Interlude 5. Camila and Stella -- For My Mother : Gendered Education Experiences -- Interlude 6. Letter to Carlitos -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Transnational Care Constellations -- Appendix B. Schooling Systems Here and There -- Appendix C. Mexican Migration to the United States by State and Sex, 2010 -- Appendix D. Demographic Profile of Research Sites in New York City -- Appendix E. A Note on Methods.

ISBN:

1479866466
9781479866465
1479874620
9781479874620

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007088618

LCCN:

2017054993

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)