"Here with us", introduction to a transnational community -- From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals -- "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community -- Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect -- "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage -- Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages -- Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages
Summary
Since 1960 the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6 children per woman. Such changes are part of a transformation explored in this ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and index
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