Daughters and granddaughters of farmworkers : emerging from the long shadow of farm labor / Barbara Wells.
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TextSeries: Families in focusPublisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781461958345
- 1461958342
- 9780813562865
- 0813562864
- Mexican American women agricultural laborers -- California
- Mexican American women -- California -- Social conditions
- Mexican American women -- Social life and customs
- Travailleuses agricoles américaines d'origine mexicaine -- Californie
- Américaines d'origine mexicaine -- Californie -- Conditions sociales
- Américaines d'origine mexicaine -- Mœurs et coutumes
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies
- Mexican American women agricultural laborers
- Mexican American women -- Social conditions
- Mexican American women -- Social life and customs
- California
- 305.8968/72073 23
- HQ1166 .W45 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The structure of agriculture and the organization of farm labor -- Farmworker origins -- Life in a border community -- Negotiating work and family -- The legacy of farm labor -- Surviving now and building a better life for later -- Why do they stay? -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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The work and family lives of Mexican American women in a community near the U.S.-Mexico border in California's Imperial County are examined. Wells provides stories of the struggles, triumphs, and everyday experiences of these women and explores the social structures that create the barriers, constraints, and opportunities that have shaped their lives. These women aspire to achieve the American Dream, but the realities of life in a rural, agricultural border community strictly limit social mobility for these descendants of immigrant farm laborers.
English.
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