Contested voices : women immigrants in today's world /

A comprehensive and stimulating examination of how the migration of women affects attitudes in receiving countries, among the women themselves, and how changing women's attitudes shapes their relations with men and between generations within ethnic groups.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Githens, Marianne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]
Temas:
Women immigrants.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation.
Immigrantes.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Immigrants > Intégration.
Gender studies: women.
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Physical anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation
Women immigrants
Einwanderin
Assimilation.
Kulturelle Identität
Gender studies: women & girls.
Anthropology.
Human geography.
Society.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Structure and Agency: The Discourse on Immigration
  • PART I: DEFINING WOMEN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: THE OFFICIAL VOICE
  • PROTOCOLS, LAWS, AND POLICIES
  • 2. From Laissez Faire to Regulation: The Emergence of Immigration Policy
  • 3. Government Policies and Women Immigrants: Establishing Conditions And Constructing Identities
  • 4. Fleeing Calamity, Seeking Asylum: Women and Refugee Policy
  • PART II: MANAGING SOCIAL PRESSURES IN THE WORK PLACE AND THEIR COMMUNITY
  • 5. Ethnic Communities and the Construction of Identity
  • 6. Between Dependence and Independence: Immigrant Women in the Work Force
  • PART III: IMMIGRANT WOMEN SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
  • 7. Listening to Women Creating Their Own Social Identity.

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