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TRANSNATIONAL MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD:
GENDERED CHALLENGES AND COPING
by
Ernestine M. Avila
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIOLOGY)
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Ernestine M. Avila
Object Description
| Title | Transnational motherhood and fatherhood: gendered challenges and coping |
| Author | Avila, Ernestine M. |
| Author email | eavila@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Sociology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-22 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-07-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Miller, Donald E. Kaplan, Elanie Bell Coltrane, Scott L. |
| Abstract | Latina immigrant mothers who come to live and work in the United States while their children remain in their countries of origin represent a new chapter in the immigration literature. On the basis of in-depth interviews gathered in Southern California, this study compares and contrasts the experiences of Latina transnational mothers and Latino transnational fathers. The findings show that the mothers face greater challenges due to cultural gender ideologies about women s and men s roles and attitudes that continue to see women s migration as less socially acceptable than men s migration. The study reveals that the transnational mothers tend to be single parents, and hence they rely on alternative childrearing arrangements. In contrast, transnational fathers, whose migration is seen as a fulfillment of the provider role, rely on female spouses back home to care for their children and to assist in the cultivation of father/child bonds. The study also addresses how the gendered, unregulated paid work immigrant women perform in the U.S. as domestics and child care workers in people s private homes leads to greater emotional challenges and obstacles. In addition, the dissertation reveals the distinctively gendered ways in which migrant women and men choose to cope with the challenges they face. Finally, in-depth interviews with the now adult children of Latina/o transnational mothers and fathers examine the perceptions about the parent s migration, the children's separation from a transnational mother and/or father, and their thoughts on the costs and benefits of the separation. |
| Keyword | transnational family; motherhood; immigration; work; coping; gender; children of immigrants |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1335 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Avila, Ernestine M. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Avila-20080715 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Avila-20080715.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | TRANSNATIONAL MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD: GENDERED CHALLENGES AND COPING by Ernestine M. Avila A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIOLOGY) August 2008 Copyright 2008 Ernestine M. Avila |
