Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.

abstract: By drawing from six oral histories of Mexican immigrant women living in Phoenix, Arizona, this thesis builds on the current literature on Mexican immigrant women living in the United States. Through an analysis of U.S. policies that spur Mexican migration to the U.S. and its simultaneous p...

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Other Authors: Del Hierro, Mariana (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14980
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spelling ndltd-asu.edu-item-149802018-06-22T03:03:03Z Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S. abstract: By drawing from six oral histories of Mexican immigrant women living in Phoenix, Arizona, this thesis builds on the current literature on Mexican immigrant women living in the United States. Through an analysis of U.S. policies that spur Mexican migration to the U.S. and its simultaneous policies that dissuade and criminalize immigrant presence in the U.S., I highlight the increased level of migration through Arizona and the ensuing anti-immigrant politics in the state. By centering women in this context, I demonstrate the obstacle Mexican immigrant women face in the crossing and upon arrival in Phoenix, Arizona. In sharing the stories of Mexican immigrant women who overcome these obstacles, I challenge the portrayal of Mexican immigrant women as victims of violence and use the work of Chicana feminist theorists and oral history methodology to highlight the experiences of Mexican immigrant women adapting to life in the U.S. in order to expand literature of their unique lived experiences and to also contribute the stories of resiliency of Mexican immigrant women in the contentious anti-immigrant city of Phoenix, Arizona. Dissertation/Thesis Del Hierro, Mariana (Author) Tellez, Michelle (Advisor) Elenes, Alejandra C. (Committee member) Cuadraz, Gloria H. (Committee member) Arizona State University (Publisher) Social research Mexican Immigrant Women Oral History Resiliency eng 109 pages M.A. Social Justice and Human Rights 2012 Masters Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14980 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2012
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language English
format Dissertation
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topic Social research
Mexican Immigrant Women
Oral History
Resiliency
spellingShingle Social research
Mexican Immigrant Women
Oral History
Resiliency
Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
description abstract: By drawing from six oral histories of Mexican immigrant women living in Phoenix, Arizona, this thesis builds on the current literature on Mexican immigrant women living in the United States. Through an analysis of U.S. policies that spur Mexican migration to the U.S. and its simultaneous policies that dissuade and criminalize immigrant presence in the U.S., I highlight the increased level of migration through Arizona and the ensuing anti-immigrant politics in the state. By centering women in this context, I demonstrate the obstacle Mexican immigrant women face in the crossing and upon arrival in Phoenix, Arizona. In sharing the stories of Mexican immigrant women who overcome these obstacles, I challenge the portrayal of Mexican immigrant women as victims of violence and use the work of Chicana feminist theorists and oral history methodology to highlight the experiences of Mexican immigrant women adapting to life in the U.S. in order to expand literature of their unique lived experiences and to also contribute the stories of resiliency of Mexican immigrant women in the contentious anti-immigrant city of Phoenix, Arizona. === Dissertation/Thesis === M.A. Social Justice and Human Rights 2012
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title Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
title_short Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
title_full Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
title_fullStr Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
title_full_unstemmed Valor, Deseo, y Batalla: Mexican Immigrant Women Redefining Their Role in the U.S.
title_sort valor, deseo, y batalla: mexican immigrant women redefining their role in the u.s.
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