SOC101Y1 Lecture : Immigrant Families
Document Summary
Basics: two waves (types) of immigrant families. Jobs are not much available for their husbands in home countries. Gender imbalance because of war = no husbands: transnational families. Immigrant families across the border: the mexican men and women as seasonal workers in the. U. s. and canada, leaving their children taken care by relatives in the original country. Transnational mothering. e. g. , the philippine women alone immigrated as domestic servants leaving their children and husbands. Parachute children aged 8-17 and satellite homes in the north america among the east. Transitional families in vancouver: only women and children. Return migrants: young and old generation to asia (parents return to home country after children become independent = largely due to cultural barrier // 2nd generation kids return to get jobs: extended families. Expanded extended families among the vietnamese immigrants: co-resident groups among lone immigrants to copy with financial difficulties and social isolation, often temporary. www. notesolution. com. Patterns and dynamics of families in the original countries.
