A courtship after marriage
Subtitle: sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families
By: Jennifer S. Hirsch.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Marriage -- Mexico.; Marriage -- Georgia -- Atlanta Region.; Man-woman relationships -- Mexico.; Man-woman relationships -- Georgia -- Atlanta Region.; Mexicans -- Sexual behavior.; Mexican Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta Region -- Sexual behavior.; Companionate marriage -- Mexico.; Companionate marriage -- Georgia -- Atlanta Region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Here with us", introduction to a transnational community; title: From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals; title: "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community; title: Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect; title: "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage; title: Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages; title: Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages.