Introduction: transnational families and daily life -- Surviving in the margins, struggling to move up -- Strategies and challenges of transnational care -- A week in the life -- Transamerican dreams -- Conclusion: para seguir adelante, to continue moving
Summary
Drawing on data the author gathered in Honduras and the United States from weekly time diaries, in-depth interviews, participant observation and interpretive focus groups, she looks specifically at the experience and prospects of transmigrant labor in the United States; the aspirations and consumption practices of transnational family members in the United States and Honduras, especially as the relate to the American Dream; and she explores the ways in which families negotiate caretaking responsibilities, both financial and emotional, while striving and surviving in a transnational space. Thi
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index
