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Abrazando El Espíritu
Ana Elizabeth Rosas
其他書名
Bracero Families Confront the US-Mexico Border
出版Univ of California Press, 2014-09-26
主題Business & Economics / Labor / GeneralHistory / GeneralHistory / Latin America / MexicoHistory / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / CulturalSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Emigration & ImmigrationSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / Marriage & FamilySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American StudiesSocial Science / Agriculture & Food
ISBN05202826719780520282674
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H6owDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Structured to meet employers’ needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical labor in the United States between 1942 and 1964 in exchange for remittances sent back to Mexico. As partners and family members were dispersed across national borders, interpersonal relationships were transformed. The prolonged absences of Mexican workers, mostly men, forced women and children at home to inhabit new roles, create new identities, and cope with long-distance communication from fathers, brothers, and sons.

Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Ana Elizabeth Rosas uncovers a previously hidden history of transnational family life. Intimate and personal experiences are revealed to show how Mexican immigrants and their families were not passive victims but instead found ways to embrace the spirit (abrazando el espíritu) of making and implementing difficult decisions concerning their family situations—creating new forms of affection, gender roles, and economic survival strategies with long-term consequences.