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‘Porque Las Raizes No Se Olvidan’: Continuity and Change among Mexican Migrants in New Jersey
Author(s) -
ROTHSTEIN FRANCES A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12261
Subject(s) - kinship , immigration , sociology , work (physics) , political science , ethnology , anthropology , law , engineering , mechanical engineering
This paper examines how, as in the past in their home community in M exico, M exican immigrants in the U nited S tates use a system of flexible kinship and ritual practices to adapt to new circumstances of living and working in communities with new neighbours, new challenges and new threats. The paper focuses particularly on how the increased presence of women who have not always been a large part of the M exican migrant community in the U nited S tates and their ‘kin work’ allows migrants to maintain and extend their social networks. Through various family and ritual events, migrants integrate new friends and acquaintances with new resources into their social networks and thus facilitate their survival in their new home.