Striving and Surviving

Drawing On Data The Author Gathered In Honduras And The United States From Weekly Time Diaries, In-depth Interviews, Participant Observation And Interpretive Focus Groups, She Looks Specifically At The Experience And Prospects Of Transmigrant Labor In The United States; The Aspirations And Consumption Practices Of Transnational Family Members In The United States And Honduras, Especially As The Relate To The American Dream; And She Explores The Ways In Which Families Negotiate Caretaking Responsibilities, Both Financial And Emotional, While Striving And Surviving In A Transnational Space. This Is The First Daily Life Study Of Undocumented Immigrants And The First Transnational Analysis Of Honduran Families.