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In this ethnographic study, carried out in a rural village of highland Ecuador and among Ecuadorian immigrants in Queens, New York, Pribilsky (anthropology, Whitman College) explores the role of gender identities on Ecuadorian men's public lives as labor migrants and their private lives as husband and fathers, while simultaneously examining the ways in which migration outflows to the United States impact life in the rural Andes. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Chronicling the experience of young Andean families as their lives extend between the Ecuadorian highlands and New York City, this book takes an in-depth look at transnational labor migration and gender identities. Jason Pribilsky offers an engrossing and sensitive account of the ways in which young men and women in these two locales navigate their lives, exploring the impact of gender, generation, and new forms of wealth in a single Andean community. Migration has been a part of the Andes for centuries, yet the effects of transnational labor on the individuals and communities remain largely undocumented. The author draws on the firsthand observations of everyday lives to explore issues of consumption, transnational marriages, and the redefinition of male and female roles. Pribilsky presents a study that is both engaging and challenging, a vital contribution to the fields of Latin American studies and immigration studies.
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