Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Gendered Transitions
Mexican Experiences of Immigration
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978-0-520-07514-6
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288 pages, 6 x 9 inches,
October 1994, Available worldwide
Categories: Sociology; Latin American Studies; Gender Studies; Chicano Studies; Women's Studies; Immigration & Emigration
October 1994, Available worldwide
Categories: Sociology; Latin American Studies; Gender Studies; Chicano Studies; Women's Studies; Immigration & Emigration
Free online edition (eScholarship)--available only to University of California faculty, staff, and students (List of public titles)
"Through a rich ethnographic analysis of 26 immigrant households in a Northern California barrio, Hondagneu-Sotelo presents a convincing, long-awaited discussion of how gender relations interact with the migration experiences of men and women. . . . A solid contribution to the migration literature."—American Journal of Sociology
"Saturated with glimpses of female social networks in action, facilitating migration, settlement, and the search for work."—Borderlines
"Saturated with glimpses of female social networks in action, facilitating migration, settlement, and the search for work."—Borderlines
"Edited by a leading pioneer of immigration studies, this volume offers some of the latest and most brilliant thinking about what migrant men and women bring to the United States, leave behind and create anew. This is a must read for those interested in immigration, gender, and the many meanings of life."—Arlie Russell Hochschild, co-editor with Barbara Ehrenreich of Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy
"Moving between individual decisions and broad political and economic forces, and focusing on family and community in Mexico and the U.S., Hondagneu-Sotelo's pathbreaking book casts new light on the centrality of gender for patterns of migration. A superb intersection of ethnography, history and theory."—Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley
"A path-breaking book combining the study of gender with immigration to show how Mexican women and men continually reinvent themselves and their family lives in the U.S. Gendered Transitions offers rich insights into the complexities of women's settlement experiences and marks a new era in immigration studies."—Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University
"Moving between individual decisions and broad political and economic forces, and focusing on family and community in Mexico and the U.S., Hondagneu-Sotelo's pathbreaking book casts new light on the centrality of gender for patterns of migration. A superb intersection of ethnography, history and theory."—Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley
"A path-breaking book combining the study of gender with immigration to show how Mexican women and men continually reinvent themselves and their family lives in the U.S. Gendered Transitions offers rich insights into the complexities of women's settlement experiences and marks a new era in immigration studies."—Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University
The momentous influx of Mexican undocumented workers into the United States over the last decades has spurred new ways of thinking about immigration. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo's incisive book enlarges our understanding of these recently arrived Americans and uncovers the myriad ways that women and men recreate families and community institutions in a new land.
Hondagneu-Sotelo argues that people do not migrate as a result of concerted household strategies, but as a consequence of negotiations often fraught with conflict in families and social networks. Migration and settlement transform long-held ideals and lifestyles. Traditional patterns are reevaluated, and new relationships—often more egalitarian—emerge. Women gain greater personal autonomy and independence as they participate in public life and gain access to both social and economic influence previously beyond their reach.
Bringing to life the experiences of undocumented immigrants and delineating the key role of women in newly established communities, Gendered Transitions challenges conventional assumptions about gender and migration. It will be essential reading for demographers, historians, sociologists, and policymakers.
"I've opened my eyes. Back there, they say 'no.' You marry, and no, you must stay home. Here, it's different. You marry, and you continue working. Back in Mexico, it's very different. There is very much machismo in those men."—A Mexican woman living in the United States
Hondagneu-Sotelo argues that people do not migrate as a result of concerted household strategies, but as a consequence of negotiations often fraught with conflict in families and social networks. Migration and settlement transform long-held ideals and lifestyles. Traditional patterns are reevaluated, and new relationships—often more egalitarian—emerge. Women gain greater personal autonomy and independence as they participate in public life and gain access to both social and economic influence previously beyond their reach.
Bringing to life the experiences of undocumented immigrants and delineating the key role of women in newly established communities, Gendered Transitions challenges conventional assumptions about gender and migration. It will be essential reading for demographers, historians, sociologists, and policymakers.
"I've opened my eyes. Back there, they say 'no.' You marry, and no, you must stay home. Here, it's different. You marry, and you continue working. Back in Mexico, it's very different. There is very much machismo in those men."—A Mexican woman living in the United States
Doméstica, by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends, edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
A Courtship after Marriage: Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families, by Jennifer S. Hirsch
Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration, by Sherri Grasmuck and Patricia R. Pessar
Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends, edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
A Courtship after Marriage: Sexuality and Love in Mexican Transnational Families, by Jennifer S. Hirsch
Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration, by Sherri Grasmuck and Patricia R. Pessar