Title Migrant longing : letter writing across the U.S.-Mexico borderlands / Miroslava Chávez-García

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history. Contents An archive of intimacy -- Oye Shelly: migrant longing, courtship, and gendered identity -- Tu peor es nada: gender, courtship, and marriage -- Contesta pronto: migration, return migration, and paternal authority -- A dios: migration, miscommunication, and heartbreak -- A toda madre (ATM): migrant dreams and nightmares in El Norte -- On the significance of letter writing and letters Summary "Drawing upon a personal collection of more than 300 letters exchanged between her parents and other family members across the U.S.-Mexico border, Miroslava Chávez-García recreates and gives meaning to the hope, fear, and longing migrants experienced in their everyday lives both "here" and "there" ("aquí y allá"). As private sources of communication hidden from public consumption and historical research, the letters provide a rare glimpse into the deeply emotional, personal, and social lives of ordinary Mexican men and women as recorded in their immediate, firsthand accounts. Chávez-García demonstrates not only how migrants struggled to maintain their sense of humanity in "El Norte" but also how those remaining at home made sense of their changing identities in response to the loss of loved ones who sometimes left for weeks, months, or years at a time, or simply never returned"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mexicans -- United States -- Correspondence Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence Mexicans -- United States -- Social conditions -- Correspondence SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Immigrants Mexicans Mexicans -- Social conditions SUBJECT Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Correspondence Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Sources Subject Mexico United States Genre/Form Personal correspondence Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469641041 1469641046 9781469641058 1469641054

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