A Courtship after Marriage
Author | : Jennifer Hirsch |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2003-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520935839 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520935837 |
Rating | : 4/5 (837 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Courtship after Marriage by : Jennifer Hirsch
Download or read book A Courtship after Marriage written by Jennifer Hirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From about seven children per woman in 1960, the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6. Such changes are part of a larger transformation explored in this book, a richly detailed ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage, and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta.