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The migrant maternal : "birthing" new lives abroad /
This edited volume explores how and why immigrant/refugee mothers' experiences differ due to the challenges posed by the migration process, but also what commonalities underline immigrant/refugee mothers' lived experiences. This book will add to the field of women's studies the much-n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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BRADFORD :
DEMETER Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Mothering in a Foreign Land I; 1. Reproducing Punjabiyat; 2. From Mama Africa to Papatūānuku:; 3. Mother Tongue as the Language of Mothering and Homing Practice in Betty Quan's Mother Tongue and Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms; 4. Perinatal Care for Immigrants in the Netherlands; 5. Motherhood and Unemployment; 6. Mothering at the Margins of Health; 7. Changing Places, Changing Bodies; I. Mothering in a Foreign Land II
- 8. An Immigrant Mother's "Revolt against Silence" in Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying9. Isolation and Negotiation; 10. Foreign Mothers, Native Children; 11. Mothering Duties Come First; 12. The Extraordinariness of Ordinary Immigrant Mothers in Jhumpa Lahiri's Writings; 13. Attaining a Balance between Showing Sensitivity to Local Norms and Upholding the Values of the Country of Origin; 14. Intercultural Upbringing; Conclusion; About the Contributors