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9780826347206

Women's Migration Networks in Mexico and Beyond

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826347206

  • ISBN10:

    0826347207

  • Edition: Map
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-07-31
  • Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

This study examines the vital role that women's labor and personal networks play, both within Mexico and transnationally, in assisting other women to migrate and in providing support for male family members as well.

Author Biography

Tamar Diana Wilson is a research affiliate with the department of anthropology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is the author of Subsidizing Capitalism: Brickmakers on the U.S.-Mexico Border in addition to many journal articles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
Herstories: Women and Workp. 1
Gender and Mexican Migrationp. 23
Concepts in the Study of Migrationp. 37
Women's Migration to Colonia Popularp. 53
Consuelo's Storyp. 73
Doña Consuelo at Workp. 93
Anamaría's Storyp. 105
Anamaría's and Roberto's Networksp. 123
Irma's Storyp. 135
Irma and Raúl's Networkp. 149
The Urban Woman and Male Transnational Migrationp. 163
Conclusionsp. 175
Notesp. 185
References Citedp. 187
Indexp. 209
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