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

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

Winner, 2019 Inaugural Outstanding Ethnography Book Award, given by the Ethnography in Education Research ForumWinner, 2019 Outstanding Book Award, given by the Council on Anthropology and EducationThe stories of Mexican migrant women who parent from afar, and how their transnational families stay t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Oliveira, Gabrielle,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 14 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Interlude 1. Parallel Lives
  • 1. Ideals and Practices of Transnational Motherhood and Care
  • Interlude 2. When Caregivers and Mothers Don’t Get Along
  • 2. Transnational Mothers and School- Related Decisions
  • Interlude 3. Drawings
  • 3. Children and Youth’s Perspectives of the Other Side
  • Interlude 4. Giving Birth in New York City
  • 4. Educational Aspirations and Social Trajectories of Separated Siblings
  • Interlude 5. Camila and Stella
  • 5. For My Mother
  • Interlude 6. Letter to Carlitos
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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