Economic empathy in family entrepreneurship: Mexican-origin street vendor children and their parents

Estrada, Emir

doi:10.4324/9781315164373-6

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“…Even in a city like Los Angeles, where undocumented mothers have access to jobs in the formal labor market, they may exert agency by choosing informal work that keeps them physically close to their children and helps them prioritize their daily care (Estrada, 2016). In the remainder of the interview, Alicia shared that while her work selling food does not provide enough money for luxuries, she is proud that each of her college-age children is in college and she has helped to support them.…”

Section: Southwest Montana -A New Rural Destinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Illegality, motherhood, and place: Undocumented Latinas making meaning and negotiating daily life

Abrego

Schmalzbauer

2018

Women's Studies International Forum

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Federal immigration policies powerfully shape immigrants' and their families' lives, but the consequences are uneven across place. Taking seriously the notion of place as socially constructed, this article draws from two qualitative studies, one in the new rural immigrant destination of Southwest, Montana, and the other in the traditional urban destination of Los Angeles, California, to examine how undocumented immigrants navigate daily life in the US. In the face of legal violence and place-specific forms of exploitation, mothers exert strained forms of agency through access to or creative redefinitions of local work, social services, and networks. They make meaning of place as best as they can through the lens of motherhood, regardless of how they achieve financial or emotional stability for their children. The analysis reveals that illegality intersects with dynamic characteristics of place to produce varying experiences of exploitation and constrained agency centered often on motherhood.

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Section: Southwest Montana -A New Rural Destinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Illegality, motherhood, and place: Undocumented Latinas making meaning and negotiating daily life

Abrego

Schmalzbauer

2018

Women's Studies International Forum

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“…This collection illustrates how intersectionality advances the study of entrepreneurship. Vallejo and Canizales (2016) and Estrada (2016) demonstrate an expanded conception of Latino entrepreneurship that includes multiple dimensions of identity and collectivity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Chicanas/Latinas Advance Intersectional Thought and Practice

Zinn

Zambrana

2019

Gender & Society

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Despite the considerable body of scholarship and practice on interconnected systems of dominance and its effects on women in different social locations, Chicanas remain “outside the frame” of mainstream academic feminist dialogues. This article provides an overview of the contributions of Chicana intersectional thought, research, and activism. We highlight four major scholarly areas of contribution: borders, identities, institutional inequalities, and praxis. Although not a full mapping of the Chicana/Latina presence in intersectionality, it proffers the distinctive features and themes defining the intersectional terrain of Chicana feminism.

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“…Many who do not live at home offer full financial and social support to their parents, such as paying rent, providing groceries, and taking parents to doctors' appointments. Moreover, children who work alongside their parents in the United States, as street vendors selling food and other items, develop economic empathy (Estrada, 2016). As a result of seeing their parents work hard, these children develop a deeper understanding of their parents' struggles.…”

Section: Bounded Solidaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sociologist Estrada (2016), in her study of child street vendors in Los Angeles, found that children who work side by side with their parents develop an economic empathy, characteristic of a stronger bond between parents and children due to their shared economic struggle. Because children experience the harsh conditions to earn money through street vending, children are more mindful of how money is spent.…”

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DACAmented Homecomings: A Brief Return to Mexico and the Reshaping of Bounded Solidarity Among Mixed-Status Latinx Families

Ruth¹,

Estrada²

2019

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This study builds on the intergenerational family dynamics literature among mixed legal status families. Through in-depth interviews with beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who traveled to Mexico and their undocumented parents who stayed in the United States, we uncover how their journey back to their country of birth influenced their roles within their families and the immigrant community. DACA recipients experienced feelings of guilt when traveling back to Mexico and leaving their parents behind, but they adopted a new role of family ambassador and transnational mediator. Through this experience, they developed a greater empathy toward their parents’ sacrifices and reshaped their bounded solidarity with their parents and the immigrant community. As a result, they justify a movement away from personally identifying with the traditional Dreamer narrative.

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Economic empathy in family entrepreneurship: Mexican-origin street vendor children and their parents

Cited by 4 publications

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Illegality, motherhood, and place: Undocumented Latinas making meaning and negotiating daily life

Illegality, motherhood, and place: Undocumented Latinas making meaning and negotiating daily life

Chicanas/Latinas Advance Intersectional Thought and Practice

DACAmented Homecomings: A Brief Return to Mexico and the Reshaping of Bounded Solidarity Among Mixed-Status Latinx Families

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