Women Crossing Boundaries

First published in 1999. This book looks at the consequences of border crossings and immigration on women and their culture and sexual orientations. Espin demonstrates how deeply sexuality, language and gender affected by this large life change with the aid of 43 biographies of adolescent and adult women. Introduction; Chapter 1 Women’s Experience of Migration; Chapter 2 Collecting Immigrant Women’s Life Narratives; Chapter 3 The Stories; Chapter 4 Migration, Sexuality, and the Preservation of Culture and Tradition; Chapter 5 Language; Chapter 6 Mothers, Daughters, and Migration; Chapter 7 The Experience of Lesbian Immigrants; Chapter 8 Final Thoughts;