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Culture, class, and work among Arab-American women /
Read examines the labor force activity of Arab-American women, a group whose work experiences provide an exception to accepted theories. The employment rates of Arab immigrant women rank among the lowest of any immigrant group, while the rates of native-born Arab-American women resemble those of U.S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2004.
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| Colección: | New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Read examines the labor force activity of Arab-American women, a group whose work experiences provide an exception to accepted theories. The employment rates of Arab immigrant women rank among the lowest of any immigrant group, while the rates of native-born Arab-American women resemble those of U.S.-born white women. These differences cannot be explained by Arab-American women's human capital characteristics or family resources, but are due to traditional cultural norms that prioritize women's family obligations over their economic activity and to ethnic and religious social networks that encourage the maintenance of traditional gender roles. Read's findings challenge assumptions about variations in ethnic women's labor force participation. Arab cultural values play an important role in determining the position of women of Arab descent in American society. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 158 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1593321201 9781593321208 |