Questions related to the Chavez reading:
1. What are some differences between the situations of husbands and fathers in comparison to mothers and daughters migrating first to the U.S.?
2. Describe the specific challenges faced by single mother immigrants.
3. Describe the living arrangements of undocumented workers.
4. What are the goals of undocumented workers? Discuss these goals in relation to our readings on work and meaning, particularly in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic value.
5. Discuss the importance of social networks in the life of immigrants.
Questions related to the Dalla Costa reading:
1. Why does Dalla Costa refer to the 1970s in Venezuela as the "leap that failed"?
2. Was the mother or the father the key figure in the proletarian neighborhoods in the metropolises in the 1970s? Why?
3. Discuss the transition in the role of the state from social intervention to social control.
4. What was the impact of the Venezuelan crisis on women?
5. What forms did popular resistance take?
6. Discuss the feminist analysis of housework.
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