Pressing Onward - The Imperative Resilience of Latina Migrant Mothers

"Pressing Onward is a stunning book, taking well-studied themes and presenting a fresh, relevant, and innovative take. It is unique in several ways, managing to address many of the core themes related to Latinx populations in the United States. Really, really impressive."—Alyshia Gálvez, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and Anthropology at Lehman College

"Beautifully conceived and organized, Pressing Onward focuses on the resilient ways Latinx women have overcome adversity during a global pandemic and in doing so have supported their families, social relationships, and socio-spiritual selves."—Emily Mendenhall, author of Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji

"Jessica Cerdeña rethinks resilience as a form of resistance to oppression and inequity. The mothers whom she works alongside are blamed for the social and health inequities that affect them, but they actively press onward."—Seth M. Holmes, author of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies and Chancellor's Professor at University of California, Berkeley

List of contents

Contents

Acknowledgments 
Preface 

Introduction: On Love Alone 

1. Leaving 
2. Moving 
3. Arriving 
4. Mothering 
5. Surviving 
Conclusion: Onward 

Appendix A. Methods 
Appendix B. Ethnographic Tables 
Appendix C. Organizations for Immigration and Health Policy Reform and Activism 
References 
Index

About the author

Jessica P. Cerdeña is an anthropologist, family physician-in-training, and mother of two who lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where she advocates for racial justice and health equity (Twitter: @jes_cerdena).

Product details

• Authors: Jessica P. Cerdena, Jessica P. Cerdeña
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2023
• EAN: 9780520394001
• ISBN: 978-0-520-39400-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Ethnic Studies, Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Caribbean islands, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General