Contents
Acknowledgments
1
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Introduction: De Ambos Lados / From Both Sides
1
Placing Intimate Migrations
9
Pa rt I . T r a n s b o r d e r Fa m i l i e s 2 Mitad Allá, Mitad Aquí/Half There, Half Here
31
3 Family “Reunification”
53
Pa rt I I . G e n d e r e d M i g r at i o n s 4 ¡Ya Soy Hombre y Mujer!/Now I Am a Man and a Woman!
71
5 Gendered Borderlands
91
Pa rt I I I . C h i l d r e n o n t h e M o v e 6 Por Mis Hijos/For My Children
111
7 Here–Not Here
127
Conclusion: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá/ From Neither Here Nor There
143
Postscript: Caught
149
Notes
153
Bibliography
155
Index
171
About the Author
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