Women, Migration, and Domestic Work on the Texas-Mexico Border

Women, Migration, and Domestic Work on the Texas-Mexico Border
ISBN-10
1593326815
ISBN-13
9781593326814
Category
Foreign workers, Mexican
Pages
203
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
LFB Scholarly Publishing
Author
Christina Mendoza

Description

Mendoza examines cross-border migration by Mexican women, who live in Mexico and work in domestic service in the U.S.. She finds that multiple factors such as age, financial stability, and previous work experience draw women to OC migrateOCO across the border daily. In addition, gender, social class, and nationality transform the spaces they encounter crossing the border. These spaces shape the reception and the perception of their status as migrants. The legality of cross-border domestic workers fluctuates and is complicated by the OC safeOCO and OC riskyOCO spaces they inhabit on their journey. Finally, Michele LamontOCOs theory of symbolic boundaries is important to understand the relationship between Mexican American employers and Mexican employees at the border."

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