When Mothers and Fathers Migrate North: Caretakers, Children, and Child Rearing in Guatemala Export

@article{citeulike:4190977, abstract = {A substantial portion of Guatemala's population--about 10--15 percent of a population of 12 million--emigrates to the United States. Although this northward movement has produced significant social change, few studies have examined it from the perspective of the increasing involvement of household structures in transnational migration processes. Ethnographic research focused on transnational families reveals the social relationships that develop between caregivers and children and between parents and caregivers because of the necessity for transnational migration and identifies the emotional costs of these arrangements. 10.1177/0094582X08318980}, author = {Moran-Taylor, Michelle J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4190977}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582X08318980}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://lap.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/4/79}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0094582X08318980}, journal = {Latin American Perspectives}, keywords = {anthropology, ethnography, family, fieldwork, guatemala, migration, transnationalism, unitedstates, youth}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {79--95}, posted-at = {2009-03-18 06:42:25}, priority = {3}, title = {When Mothers and Fathers Migrate North: Caretakers, Children, and Child Rearing in Guatemala}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582X08318980}, volume = {35}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4190977 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4190977 N2 - A substantial portion of Guatemala's population--about 10--15 percent of a population of 12 million--emigrates to the United States. Although this northward movement has produced significant social change, few studies have examined it from the perspective of the increasing involvement of household structures in transnational migration processes. Ethnographic research focused on transnational families reveals the social relationships that develop between caregivers and children and between parents and caregivers because of the necessity for transnational migration and identifies the emotional costs of these arrangements. 10.1177/0094582X08318980 IS - 4 JF - Latin American Perspectives EP - 95 TI - When Mothers and Fathers Migrate North: Caretakers, Children, and Child Rearing in Guatemala VL - 35 SP - 79 KW - anthropology KW - ethnography KW - family KW - fieldwork KW - guatemala KW - migration KW - transnationalism KW - unitedstates KW - youth AU - Moran-Taylor, Michelle PY - 2008/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582X08318980 ER -