La Casa de MIS Suenos: Dreams of Home in a Transnational Migrant Community

by Peri L. Fletcher

Book Overview

Unable to secure a full livelihood in either Mexico or the United States, migrants from the rural village of Napizaro in central Mexico must extend their families, and their community, across the border. The lives of Napizarenos demonstrate the difficulties of reproduction in a transnational context, calling into question the way we think about households, families, and communities. La Casa de Mis Suenos examines the efforts of villagers from Napizaro...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813324998
• ISBN13: 9780813324999
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"