La Buena Vida: A Multicentric Cultural Model for Mexican Immigrant Women in Alabama

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-530
Author(s):  
Courtney Andrews ◽  
William W. Dressler ◽  
Kathryn Oths
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Luque ◽  
Yelena N. Tarasenko ◽  
Jonathan N. Maupin ◽  
Moya L. Alfonso ◽  
Lisa C. Watson ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy J Andrews ◽  
Vickie D Ybarra ◽  
Teresa Miramontes

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 987-1007
Author(s):  
Blanca Ramirez ◽  
Devon Thacker Thomas

Utilizing 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Mexican immigrant women in Southern California, we argue that participants employ a bifocal lens to develop perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV). By drawing on existing knowledge from Mexico as reference points, the findings show that participants construct law enforcement as the appropriate intervention in the United States. As a result, they construct new norms for victims on how to address IPV. Ultimately, this research suggests that perceptions of laws and law enforcement as change agents in ending IPV within the United States may create, in fact, a false sense of security in Mexican immigrant women.


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