| Description |
1 online resource (x, 192 pages .) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Series |
The new Americans: recent immigration and American society
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index. |
| Contents |
Women's migration and domestic service -- Listening to border women -- Becoming a cross-border worker -- Cross-border migration -- Culture, class, and comida -- Migration without settlement. |
| Summary |
Mendoza examines cross-border migration by Mexican women, who live in Mexico and work in domestic service in the U.S. She finds that multiple factors such as age, financial stability, and previous work experience draw women to?migrate? across the border daily. In addition, gender, social class, and nationality transform the spaces they encounter crossing the border. These spaces shape the reception and the perception of their status as migrants. The legality of cross-border domestic workers fluctuates and is complicated by the?safe? and?risky? spaces they inhabit on their journey. Finally. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Women foreign workers -- Mexican-American Border Region.
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Women foreign workers. |
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Women household employees -- Mexican-American Border Region.
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Women household employees. |
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- United States.
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Foreign workers, Mexican. |
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United States. |
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Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mendoza, Christina, 1975- Women, migration, and domestic work on the Texas-Mexico border. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 9781593324575 159332457X (DLC) 2011002368 |
| ISBN |
1593326815 (electronic book) |
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9781593326814 (electronic book) |
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9781593324575 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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159332457X (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
3644197 |
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