Barbara Wells

Daughters and Granddaughters of Farmworkers

Emerging from the Long Shadow of Farm Labor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 labourers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562841
• ISBN-10: 0813562848
• Artikelnr.: 39606277

Autorenporträt

Wells, Barbara

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Structure of Agriculture and the Organization of Farm Labor
2. Farmworker Origins
3. Life in a Border Community
4. Negotiating Work and Family
5. The Legacy of Farm Labor
6. Surviving Now and Building a Better Life for Later
7. Why Do They Stay?
Conclusion
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index