"Now I am a man and a woman!": Gendered moves and migrations in a transnational Mexican community

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-30

  Boehm, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Immigration policy; Mexico; Migration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS POTOSI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37449015408     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X07310843     Document Type: Article

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