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  1. We are left without a father here
    masculinity, domesticity, and migration in postwar Puerto Rico
    Author: Findlay, Eileen J. Suárez
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham [u.a.]

    "We Are Left without a Father Here" is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the... more

    Location:
    Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Bibliothek
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "We Are Left without a Father Here" is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the behest of the Puerto Rican government, migrated to Michigan in 1950 to work in the state's sugar beet fields. The men expected to earn enough income to finally become successful breadwinners and fathers. To their dismay, the men encountered abysmal working conditions and pay. The migrant workers in Michigan and their wives in Puerto Rico soon exploded in protest. Chronicling the protests, the surprising alliances that they created, and the Puerto Rican government's response, Eileen J. Suárez Findlay explains that notions of fatherhood and domesticity were central to Puerto Rican populist politics. Patriarchal ideals shaped citizens' understandings of themselves, their relationship to Puerto Rican leaders and the state, as well as the meanings they ascribed to U.S. colonialism. Findlay argues that the motivations and strategies for transnational labor migrations, colonial policies, and worker solidarities are all deeply gendered.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780822357667; 9780822357827
    RVK Categories: LB 40610
    Series: American encounters/global interactions
    Subjects: Masculinity; Migrant labor; Migrant agricultural laborers
    Scope: XII, 300 S., Ill., 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 257 -294) and index

    Family and fatherhood in "a new era for all" : populist politics and reformed colonialismBuilding homes, domesticity dreams, and the drive to modernity -- Removing "excess population" : redirecting the great migration -- Arriving in Michigan : the collapse of the dream -- The brega expands.
  2. We are left without a father here
    masculinity, domesticity, and migration in postwar Puerto Rico
    Author: Findlay, Eileen J. Suárez
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham [u.a.]

    "We Are Left without a Father Here" is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the... more

    Location:
    Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Bibliothek
    Signature:
    A 17 / 18110
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften, Bibliothek
    Signature:
    LB 40610 Find 2014
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
    Signature:
    Linga A/910500
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "We Are Left without a Father Here" is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the behest of the Puerto Rican government, migrated to Michigan in 1950 to work in the state's sugar beet fields. The men expected to earn enough income to finally become successful breadwinners and fathers. To their dismay, the men encountered abysmal working conditions and pay. The migrant workers in Michigan and their wives in Puerto Rico soon exploded in protest. Chronicling the protests, the surprising alliances that they created, and the Puerto Rican government's response, Eileen J. Suárez Findlay explains that notions of fatherhood and domesticity were central to Puerto Rican populist politics. Patriarchal ideals shaped citizens' understandings of themselves, their relationship to Puerto Rican leaders and the state, as well as the meanings they ascribed to U.S. colonialism. Findlay argues that the motivations and strategies for transnational labor migrations, colonial policies, and worker solidarities are all deeply gendered.

     
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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780822357667; 9780822357827
    RVK Categories: LB 40610
    Series: American encounters/global interactions
    Subjects: Masculinity; Migrant labor; Migrant agricultural laborers
    Scope: XII, 300 S., Ill., 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 257 -294) and index

    Family and fatherhood in "a new era for all" : populist politics and reformed colonialismBuilding homes, domesticity dreams, and the drive to modernity -- Removing "excess population" : redirecting the great migration -- Arriving in Michigan : the collapse of the dream -- The brega expands.