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Alvarado, Blanca.

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Exploitation in the shadows: Unauthorized Latina migrants tell their story.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Exploitation in the shadows: Unauthorized Latina migrants tell their story./
Author:	Alvarado, Blanca.
Description:	199 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1929.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05A.
Subject:	Social Work. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3218537
ISBN:	9780542681608

Exploitation in the shadows: Unauthorized Latina migrants tell their story.
Alvarado, Blanca.

Exploitation in the shadows: Unauthorized Latina migrants tell their story. - 199 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1929.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University, 2007.

Throughout the United States, unauthorized immigration has emerged as an emotionally and socially charged issue. Women from Latin America are a critical population to study, mainly because of their growing presence in unauthorized migration to the United States. Using a feminist theoretical framework and employing in-depth interviewing and participant observation techniques, this study examines the recent unauthorized migration of 38 Latinas from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico to the urban community of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The migration movement is analyzed using a three-stage model: the pre-migration stage identifies determinants of migration; the act of migration stage addresses issues of entering the United States clandestinely; and the post-migration stage examines their adaptation.

ISBN: 9780542681608Subjects--Topical Terms:

617587
Social Work.

Exploitation in the shadows: Unauthorized Latina migrants tell their story.
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520 $a By means of a grounded theory approach, this investigation analyzes responses to three core research questions. What are the reasons for migration? What are the economic, physical, and social costs associated with unauthorized migration? And how do unauthorized immigrants obtain employment and social services?
520 $a The most significant finding in the pre-migration stage is that women's reasons for migrating to the United States are diverse, complex, and directly related to the patriarchal system in Latin America that continues to allow men to dominate, violate, and oppress women. In the act-of-migration stage, findings support the limited, but growing research that shows how women, because of their gender, face different circumstances while clandestinely making their way to the United States on foot than men. Findings expose the exploitative and risky nature of unauthorized female migration. In relation to the adaptation of recent migrants, this study documents the leading stressors faced by respondents in the United States: unauthorized immigration status, economic hardship, language barriers, exploitation at the workplace, lack of informational support, and depression. The study adds support to the value of strong ties, within kinship and non-kinship networks, to facilitating adaptation to the United States.
520 $a The overall findings support immigration policies that address barriers to accessing necessary social services and the need for more bilingual and culturally competent social workers trained to identify and treat depression related to the migration experience of unauthorized recent Latina migrants.
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