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Fathering within and beyond the Failures of the State with Imagination, Work and Love

The Case of the Mexican Father

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Authors:
  1. Marta Sánchez

    1. University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

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  • Fathers, in general, have been underrepresented in the literature; research on Mexican fathers and fathering is emerging and this book will make a powerful contribute to grow this line of research
  • Policy is often created from above, with large governing bodies dictating what should happen in families and communities; this book asks us to look at policy that can come from below, directly from the fathers and their families who are the ultimate focus of such policies
  • Mexican immigrant fathers remain invisible as fathers—they are either championed as hardworking or demonized as criminals; in this book we hear directly from them about their aspirations and love for their children

Part of the book series: Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education (BSE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Migrating to Father, Migrating to Provide

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 1-24

  3. Intersecting Fields

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 25-33

  4. Learning from Padres Mexicanos

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 35-66

  5. Testimonio

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 67-78

  6. The Fathers in North Carolina

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 79-133

  7. An Insider/Outsider In México

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 135-158

  8. The Mothers and the Children

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 159-165

  9. Intimate Terrorism

    • Marta Sánchez
    Pages 167-176

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 177-191
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About this book

When Emilio López made his way to Atlanta, Georgia from México’s third most populated city, where he had grown up, worked, married and had two daughters, he was in pain. He had hurt his back in a work-related accident and was still recovering. “Es algo que no se lo deseo a nadie” [It’s something I don’t wish upon anyone], he began. Eventually he would come to talk about another kind of pain that previously had been too raw to share, one provoked by having to leave his school-aged daughters, wife, and country in search of a job ‘para ver por mi familia’ [to look after my family]. Emilio, and others in this study, father at a distance from their children once they cross the México-U.S. border. They tell a story about globalization and neoliberalism that reveals the dystopias families traverse when parents cross borders as a way to ‘look after their family.’ The narratives challenge policies, laws and economic arrangements that separate families. The fathers also remind us that whileMexican immigrants support the Mexican economy to the tune of 24 billion dollars a year through remittances, and help fuel the U.S. economy through their underpaid labor, the fathers see themselves as much more than workers and providers. Their identities are informed by an expansive definition of fathering. Although the fathers’ sense of disillusionment grows as they experience only modest gains for their families and live in precarious circumstances themselves, they nonetheless create radical and bold models of affection, care, love and fathering that help them overcome borders and the failures of the state to stay connected as a family.


Authors and Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

    Marta Sánchez

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fathering within and beyond the Failures of the State with Imagination, Work and Love

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of the Mexican Father

  • Authors: Marta Sánchez

  • Series Title: Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-833-4

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-833-4Published: 24 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 192

  • Topics: Education, general

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