Mexican Households and Fraternities in the United States: Several Life Histories, One Familie History

Abstract

The authors analyze the Mexican household in the United States, emphasizing its complexity, which is expressed in the traits that distinguish it from both the original country and the new one, as well as in its changes over time. The authors seek to understand the composition of relatives within exiled families, their life-cycle evolution, and the interaction of civil and migratory calendars. They also consider household changes related to the migratory process, changes in marriage and birth civil calendars, changes produced by work or marital events, and the type of migratory decisions developed within families.