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Author:

Abrego, Leisy J., 1975- author.

Title:

Sacrificing families : navigating laws, labor, and love across borders / Leisy J. Abrego.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Salvadorans--Family relationships--United States.
Immigrants--Family relationships--United States.
Immigrants--Family relationships--El Salvador.
Immigrant families--El Salvador.
Children of immigrants--El Salvador.
El Salvador--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
United States--Social aspects.--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.

Contents:

Salvadoran transnational families -- Why parents migrate -- Journeys and initial settlement -- The structure of trauma through separation -- Gendered opportunities, expectations, and well-being -- How children fare -- The consequences of long-term separation -- ℗Vali©đ la pena? : is family separation worth it?

ISBN:

0804790515 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804790512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804788316 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804788311 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)858672890

LCCN:

2013036755

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)