La Chulla Vida: Gender, Migration, and the Family in Andean Ecuador and New York City

by Jason Pribilsky

Overview

Chronicling the experience of young Andean families as their lives extend between 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. Pribilsky draws upon firsthand observations of everyday lives to explore issues of consumption, transnational marriages, and the evolving roles of men and women. Pribilsky presents a study that is both engaging and challenging, a vital contribution to the fields of Latin American studies and immigration studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815631453
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	10/22/2007
Series:	Gender and Globalization
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Jason Pribilsky is professor of anthropology and Chair of the Social Sciences. His research areas include medical anthropology, science studies, and the history of anthropology. He works in the Andean region of South American and the urban US.

Table of Contents

Illustrations     ix
Figures, Tables, and Maps     xi
Preface     xiii
Acknowledgments     xvii
Introduction     1
Historical Contexts: Economy, Migration, and the Making of the Azuayo-Canari Region     35
Jatundeleg: The Rising Cost of Everyday Life     69
Rural Youth, Migration Decisions, and the Constitution of Transnational Households     117
Undocumented Migrants in Yoni     160
Adapting to Consumption: Spending, Saving, and Transnational Ties     204
Aprendemos a Convivir: Conjugal Relations, Coparenting, and Transnational Lives     245
Conclusion     273
Glossary     293
References     297
Index     327

Editorial Reviews

A timely account of contemporary transnational labor migration to New York City and its effects on sending communities in Andean Ecuador.-- "Journal of Anthropological Research"

La Chulla Vida is a significant and challenging contribution to migrant studies. It not only provides an unusual and detailed case study within an Andean context, but by focusing on gender and family, also enlarges the terms of the dialogue and discussion of migration studies.-- "H-LatAm"

From the Publisher

A timely account of contemporary transnational labor migration to New York City and its effects on sending communities in Andean Ecuador.

Journal of Anthropological Research

La Chulla Vida is a significant and challenging contribution to migrant studies. It not only provides an unusual and detailed case study within an Andean context, but by focusing on gender and family, also enlarges the terms of the dialogue and discussion of migration studies.

H-LatAm