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A Courtship after Marriage

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From about seven children per woman in 1960, the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6. Such changes are part of a larger transformation explored in this book, a richly detailed ethnogr...
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From about seven children per woman in 1960, the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6. Such changes are part of a larger transformation explored in this book, a richly detailed 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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Price: $34.95
Pages: 397
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520228719
Format: Paperback
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Jennifer S. Hirsch is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Department of Anthropology at Emory University.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. "Here with Us": Introduction to a Transnational Community
3. From Respeto (Respect) to Confianza (Trust): Changing Marital Ideals
4. "Ya No Somos Como Nuestros Papas" (We Are Not Like Our Parents):
Companionate Marriage in a Mexican Migrant Community
5. Representing Change: A Methodological Pause to Reflect
6. "En el Norte la Mujer Manda" (In the North, the Woman Gives the Orders):
How Migration Changes Marriage
7. Sexual Intimacy in Mexican Companionate Marriages
8. Fertility Decline, Contraceptive Choice,
and Mexican Companionate Marriages
9. Conclusions

Notes
Glossary
References
Index