Intimate Migrations

Gender, Family, and Illegality among Transnational Mexicans

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Anthropology
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Author: Deborah A. Boehm ISBN: 9780814789865
Publisher: NYU Press Publication: April 23, 2012
Imprint: NYU Press Language: English
Author: Deborah A. Boehm
ISBN: 9780814789865
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication: April 23, 2012
Imprint: NYU Press
Language: English
In her research with transnational Mexicans, Deborah A. Boehm has often asked individuals: if there were no barriers to your movement between Mexico and the United States, where would you choose to live? Almost always, they desire the freedom to “come and go.” Yet the barriers preventing such movement are many. Because of the United States’ rigid immigration policies, Mexican immigrants often find themselves living long distances from family members and unable to easily cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Transnational Mexicans experience what Boehm calls “intimate migrations,” flows that both shape and are structured by gendered and familial actions and interactions, but are always defined by the presence of the U.S. state.
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In her research with transnational Mexicans, Deborah A. Boehm has often asked individuals: if there were no barriers to your movement between Mexico and the United States, where would you choose to live? Almost always, they desire the freedom to “come and go.” Yet the barriers preventing such movement are many. Because of the United States’ rigid immigration policies, Mexican immigrants often find themselves living long distances from family members and unable to easily cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Transnational Mexicans experience what Boehm calls “intimate migrations,” flows that both shape and are structured by gendered and familial actions and interactions, but are always defined by the presence of the U.S. state.

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