
Intimate Migrations
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Intimate Migrations is based on over a decade of ethnographic research, focusing on Mexican immigrants with ties to a small, rural community in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi and several states in the U.S. West. By showing how intimate relations direct migration, and by looking at kin and gender relationships through the lens of illegality, Boehm sheds new light on the study of gender and kinship, as well as understandings of the state and transnational migration.
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"Boehm crafts an enthralling piece of feminist, anthropological writing that weaves the human side of immigration into her scholarship." (Journal of Youth and Adolescence) "Boehm's monograph is a poignant ethnographic account of displacement and resilience among Mexican transnationals who feel that they are 'neither from here nor from there.' It's also a critical review of current US border enforcement policies which exacerbate illegality and precariousness among migrants." (Border Criminologies) "[A] wonderful book that demonstrates that combining interviews with participant observationand doing it wellcan produce multiple benefits....There is a lot to learn from this timely book, and it should be read widely. I particularly recommend it to anyone interested in immigrant families, immigration law, citizenship, and families in general, but its appeal should go beyond academia. This book would be ideal for helping politicians and pundits to understand that political decisions regarding immigration law have broad and deep consequences, often beyond the territory in which laws are enacted." - Cecilia Menjivar (Journal of Latin American Studies) "Fortuitously published just as the U.S enters new discussions about what to do with the legal status (and, thus, lives) of the very undocumented Mexicans she studied. Hopefully policymakers will read it and hear voices not likely to be at the negotiating tables. It is precisely this type of serious yet humane and deeply human scholarship that might change a few minds." - Sarah J. Mahler (International Migration Review) "Intimate Migrationsexplores the human side of immigration, vividly portraying everyday lives on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Drawing on interviews and field work in Albuquerque and the small rancho of San Marcos in San Luis Potosi, Boehm outlines the sharp differences between male and female migration. Young men follow in the footsteps of their fathers, brothers, and uncles and migrate to become adults and providers, while women and children remain in the rancho or migrate much later, often to care for households of male kin rather than to enter the work force. These gender differences are in turn shaped by the potency and reach of U.S. policy that constructs 'illegal' and 'legal' persons, constrains movement, conveys citizenship, and allows for family reunification- policies that fall unevenly on kin networks. A moving panorama of how these contradictions play out in personal lives." - Louise Lamphere,University of New Mexico "With an ethnographers eye for detail, Boehm shows us the hopes, dreams, frustrations, tensions, divisions, and enduring qualities of lives among families connected and split by the U.S.-Mexico border.Intimate Migrations puts a human face on the reasons why people migrate, changing gender relations, and how children experience these dynamic and fluid processes, all of which are subject to increasingly restrictionist U.S. immigration laws. . . . A must read for anyone interested in understanding our complex, transnational world." - Leo Chavez,University of California, Irvine "Recommended for all levels/libraries." (CHOICE)More details
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: De Ambos Lados / From Both Sides
1 Placing Intimate Migrations
Part I. Transborder Families
2 Mitad Allá, Mitad Aquí/Half There, Half Here3 Family "Reunification”
Part II. Gendered Migrations
4 ¡Ya Soy Hombre y Mujer!/Now I Am a Man and a Woman!
5 Gendered Borderlands
Part III. Children on the Move
6 Por Mis Hijos/For My Children
7 Here-Not HereConclusion: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá/
From Neither Here Nor There
Postscript: Caught
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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