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When women come first : gender and class in transnational migration /
With a subtle yet penetrating understanding of the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class, Sheba George examines an unusual immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. Focusing on a group of female nurses who moved from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With a subtle yet penetrating understanding of the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class, Sheba George examines an unusual immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. Focusing on a group of female nurses who moved from India to the United States before their husbands, she shows that this story of economic mobility and professional achievement conceals underlying conditions of upheaval not only in the families and immigrant community but also in the sending community in India. This richly textured and impeccably r. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 259 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520938359 0520938356 9786612357978 6612357975 1417593296 9781417593293 |