Women Who Stay Behind

Women Who Stay Behind examines the social, educational, and cultural resources rural Mexican women employ to creatively survive the conditions created by the migration of loved ones. Using narrative, research, and theory, Ruth Trinidad Galván presents a hopeful picture of what is traditionally viewed as the abject circumstances of poor and working-class people in Mexico who are forced to migrate to survive

My Mother\u27s Research/My Daughter\u27s Voice: A Twofold Tale

We write about experiences in the field as mother/researcher/teacher and daughter/student. How was the researcher/teacher influenced by her motherly role? How does a daughter/student experience the displacement of traveling to a new country for her mother’s research? We write simultaneously and present a twofold tale of movement, education, and consciousness

Women Who Stay Behind

Women Who Stay Behind examines the social, educational, and cultural resources rural Mexican women employ to creatively survive the conditions created by the migration of loved ones. Using narrative, research, and theory, Ruth Trinidad Galván presents a hopeful picture of what is traditionally viewed as the abject circumstances of poor and working-class people in Mexico who are forced to migrate to survive