Women's Migration Networks in Mexico and Beyond
Despite women's presence in migration streams since the mid-nineteenth century, research on Mexican women's migration has a significantly shorter history than that which focuses on Mexican men. In this contemporary anthropological study, Tamar Diana Wilson couples an analytical migratory network analysis with an intimate ethnography and oral history to explore the characteristics, development, and dynamics of migration networks for Mexican women. Centering on the story of doña Consuelo, a...
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This study examines the vital role that women's labor and personal networks play, both within Mexico and transnationally, in assisting other women to migrate and in providing support for male family members as well.
Ch. 1 Herstories : women and work 1Ch. 2 Gender and Mexican migration 23Ch. 3 Concepts in the study of migration 37Ch. 4 Women's migration to Colonia Popular 53Ch. 5 Consuelo's story 73Ch. 6 Dona Consuelo at work 93Ch. 7 Anamaria's story 105Ch. 8 Anamaria's and Roberto's networks 123Ch. 9 Irma's story 135Ch. 10 Irma and Raul's network 149Ch. 11 The urban woman and male transnational migration 163Ch. 12 Conclusions 175Notes 185References cited 187Index 209
