Pribilsky, Jason.

La chulla vida : gender, migration, and the family in Andean Ecuador and New York City / Jason Pribilsky. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007. - xxi, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Gender and globalization .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index.

Introduction -- Historical contexts : economy, migration, and the making of the Azuayo-Caänari region -- Jatundeleg : the rising cost of everyday life -- Rural youth, migration decisions, and the constitution of transnational households -- Undocumented migrants in Yoni -- Adapting to consumption: spending, saving, and transnational ties -- Aprendemos a convivir : conjugal relations, coparenting, and transnational lives -- Conclusion.

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Ecuadorian Americans--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Ecuadorian Americans--Economic conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Ecuadorians--Migrations.
Sex role--Ecuador--Azuay Region.
Families--Ecuador--Azuay Region.
Sex role--New York (State)--New York.
Families--New York (State)--New York.
Transnationalism.
Arbeidsmigratie.
Identiteit.
Sociale aspecten.


Azuay Region (Ecuador)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.

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