This article examines how migration contributes to the plurality of masculinities among Guatemalan men, particularly among migrant men and their families. I argue that migration offers an opportunity to men, both migrant and nonmigrant, to reflect on their emotional relations with distinct family members, and show how, by engaging in this reflexivity, these men also have the opportunity to vent those emotions in a way that offsets some of the negative traits associated to a hegemonic masculinity, such as being unemotional, nonnurturing, aggressive, and dispassionate. This study contributes to transnational migration studies in three ways: (1) by examining the more personal and emotional side of transnational life, (2) by examining ways in which men step away from culturally expected hegemonic masculine identity, and (3) by providing an empirical study of subaltern masculinities, particularly among transnational immigrant men. Drawing on multi-sited, in-depth interviews conducted in Guatemala and California, my research contributes to our understanding of the emotional costs of transnational migration for migrants and their families, particularly for men, by examining the interplay among gender, family, and transnational migration.

In this paper, we examine the mobilization of the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who have fed thousands of Central American migrants over the past two decades. We argue that the Patronas' work of feeding and caring for migrants goes beyond essentializing these women's work as just housewives, mothers, and caregivers. Furthermore, we assert that through these care activities, the Patronas exert a feminist ethics of care that is understood as a set of practices based on trust, reciprocity, and solidarity. The Patronas' praxis of caring for the migrants resonates with people and attracts hundreds of volunteers to join these women's emotional and nurturing work leading these women and volunteers to participate in a political practice of solidarity. In this paper, we articulate three key findings: (1) the interplay between the Patronas' emotional work and the ethics of care, (2) the emergence of a collective act of solidarity around the Patronas' caring work that leads hundreds of volunteers to visit these women and join them, and (3) the kitchen as a place where the collective act of solidarity begins and where the Patronas experience their personal transformation. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this study contributes to further our understanding of the interplay between Latin American women's participation in social movements, emotional work in these movements, and the ethics of care.

Resumen: A pesar de que desde hace décadas existe una alta movilidad de personas centroamericanas trasladándose por territorio mexicano en busca de llegar a Estados Unidos, no se había observado a grupos tan grandes viajando en contingentes, como sucedió con las llamadas caravanas migrantes durante 2018-2019. Este éxodo tiene características sin precedentes a nivel de la movilidad humana en la región por las formas de organización, el número y la heterogeneidad de las personas que marcharon juntas por México (adolescentes, madres solteras con hijos, menores no acompañados, personas con discapacidades físicas, personas mayores, personas LGTBQ). Este artículo muestra que la visibilidad de las caravanas permitió que miles de centroamericanos llegaran hasta la frontera norte pese a las condiciones de violencia que han caracterizado a la movilidad humana en el país. Sin embargo, la fuerza colectiva se fue perdiendo a medida que los migrantes se

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