Striving and Surviving

Striving and Surviving
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 135
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ISBN-10 : 9781135498313
ISBN-13 : 1135498318
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Book Synopsis Striving and Surviving by : Leah Schmalzbauer

Download or read book Striving and Surviving written by Leah Schmalzbauer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on data the author gathered in Honduras and the United States from weekly time diaries, in-depth interviews, participant observation and interpretive focus groups, she looks specifically at the experience and prospects of transmigrant labor in the United States; the aspirations and consumption practices of transnational family members in the United States and Honduras, especially as the relate to the American Dream; and she explores the ways in which families negotiate caretaking responsibilities, both financial and emotional, while striving and surviving in a transnational space. This is the first daily life study of undocumented immigrants and the first transnational analysis of Honduran families.


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