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Author:

Yarris, Kristin Elizabeth, 1973- author.

Title:

Care across generations : solidarity and sacrifice in transnational families / Kristin E. Yarris.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xx, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Immigrant families--Nicaragua.
Nicaragua--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Grandparents as parents--Nicaragua.
Grandmothers--Family relationships--Nicaragua.
Women immigrants--Family relationships--Nicaragua.
Children of immigrants--Family relationships--Nicaragua.
Kinship care--Nicaragua.
Intergenerational relations--Nicaragua.
Transnationalism--Social aspects--Nicaragua.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : solidaridad : Nicaraguan migration and intergenerational care -- "Tenemos que hacerlo" : responsibility and sacrifice in grandmother care -- "No se ajustan" : remittances and moral economies of migration -- "Pensando mucho" : transnational care and grandmothers' distress -- Care and responsibility across generations : a family migration portrait -- Conclusion : valuing care across borders and generations.

ISBN:

0804731349
9780804731348
0804731330
9780804731331
1503602885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781503602885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1503602044 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781503602045 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)965781464

LCCN:

2016054546

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)