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Making Ends Meet: Income-Generating Strategies Among Mexican Immigrants (New Americans)

Sarmiento, Socorro Torres

 
9781931202251: Making Ends Meet: Income-Generating Strategies Among Mexican Immigrants (New Americans)

Synopsis

Analyzing how Mexican immigrants to the United States use migration as a survival and income-generating strategy, Sarmiento (anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies, U. of California at Irvine) focuses on Tzintzuntze±o families on both sides of the border. She looks at characteristics of employment and reproduction before and after migration and discusses the social mechanisms between communities sending and receiving family income. She emphasizes the role of women in the migratory experience, illustrating the changing nature of employment and the active role women play in families' economic strategies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Socorro Torres Sarmiento is Lecturer in Anthropology and in Chicano/Latino Studies Departments at the University of California, Irvine.

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