Through its structure to meet the needs of employers of low-wage agricultural workers, Bracero, a program known to recruit thousands of Mexicans to perform physical work in the United States between 1942 and 1964 in exchange for remittances sent to Mexico. With the dispersal of partners and family members across national boundaries, interpersonal relationships have been transformed.

The long absence of Mexican workers, mostly men, forced women and children at home to live in new roles, create new identities, and deal with long-term contacts from parents, brothers and children. Drawing on an unusual set of sources, Anna Elizabeth Rosas reveals a past family history across the border. Intimate and personal experiences were revealed to show how Mexican immigrants and their families were not passive victims, but instead found ways to embrace the spirit of abrazando el espiritu in taking and implementing difficult family status decisions, creating new forms of affection and gender roles, and strategies Economic survival with long-term consequences..

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