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Gender & Society, Vol. 11, No. 5, 548-571 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/089124397011005003

"I'M HERE, BUT I'M THERE"

The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood

PIERRETTE HONDAGNEU-SOTELO

University of Southern California

ERNESTINE AVILA

University of Southern California

Latina immigrant women who work as nannies or housekeepers and reside in Los Angeles while their children remain in their countries of origin constitute one variation in the organizational arrangements of motherhood. The authors call this arrangement "transnational motherhood." On the basis of a survey, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic materials gathered in Los Angeles, they examine how Latina immigrant domestic workers transform the meanings of motherhood to accommodate these spatial and temporal separations. The article examines the emergent meanings of motherhood and alternative child-rearing arrangements. It also discusses how the women view motherhood in relation to their employment, as well as their strategies for selectively developing emotional ties with their employers' children and for creating new rhetorics of mothering standards on the basis of what they view in their employers' homes.


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