A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families /

A courtship after marriage : sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hirsch, Jennifer S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Marriage > Mexico.
Marriage > Georgia > Atlanta Region.
Man-woman relationships > Mexico.
Man-woman relationships > Georgia > Atlanta Region.
Mexicans > Sexual behavior.
Mexican Americans > Georgia > Atlanta Region > Sexual behavior.
Companionate marriage > Mexico.
Companionate marriage > Georgia > Atlanta Region.
Table of Contents:
  • "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.