Girlhood in the Borderlands: Mexican Teens Caught in the Crossroads of Migration

by Lilia Soto

Book Overview

How gender and generation shape perceptions of place and time as told through the voices of Mexican teenage girls

This book examines the lived experiences of Mexican teenage girls raised in transnational families and the varied ways they make meaning of their lives. Under the Bracero Program and similar recruitment programs, Mexican men have for decades been recruited for temporary work in the U.S., leaving their families for long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479838403
• ISBN13: 9781479838400
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"