Immigration and women : understanding the American experience /

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The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these pi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pearce, Susan C. (Autor), Clifford, Elizabeth J. (Autor), Tandon, Reena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Women immigrants > United States.
Immigrants > Government policy > United States.
Immigrantes > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants > Government policy
Women immigrants
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • We can't go back: immigrant women, intersections, and agency
  • Who They Are. Your story drops on you: who are these women?
  • How They Come. I had to start over: entering through the front door ; I had to leave my country one day: entering through the back door
  • What They Do. I am not only a domestic worker, I am a woman: immigrant women and domestic service ; Mighty oaks: the entrepreneurs ; There is still work to do: immigrant women in gender-atypical occupations ; Always in life, we are ripping: culture work
  • Where They are Going. Misbehaving women: the agency of activism ; Making history: drawing conclusions, looking forward
  • List of Interviewed Women
  • Timeline: U.S. Immigration Policy and Women, 1875-2009.

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