Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader

by Denise A. Segura

Women's migration within Mexico and from Mexico to the United States is increasing; nearly as many women as men are migrating. This development gives rise to new social negotiations, which have not been well examined in migration studies until now. This pathbreaking reader analyzes how economically and politically displaced migrant women assert agency in everyday life. Scholars across diverse disciplines interrogate the socioeconomic forces that propel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822341182
• ISBN13: 9780822341185
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.2"