When women come first : gender and class in transnational migration /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: George, Sheba Mariam, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
Temas:
Women > United States > Social conditions.
East Indians > United States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Women > Employment > United States.
East Indians > Employment > United States.
Women immigrants > Employment > Social aspects > United States.
Nurses > United States > Social conditions.
Sex role > United States.
Man-woman relationships > United States.
Man-woman relationships > India.
Transnationalism.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Travail > États-Unis.
Immigrantes > Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Infirmières > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > États-Unis.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Inde.
Transnationalisme.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
East Indian American women > Employment
East Indian American women > Social conditions
East Indians > Employment
East Indians > Social conditions
Man-woman relationships
Nurses > Social conditions
Sex role
Transnationalism
Women > Employment
Women immigrants > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
Sekseverschillen.
Immigranten.
India
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Contradictions of gender when women immigrate first
  • Work: nursing, women's networks, and men 'tied to a stake'
  • Home: redoing gender in immigrant households
  • Community: creating Little Kerala and the paradox of 'men who play' in the church
  • Transnational connections: the Janus-faced production of an immigrant community
  • Conclusions.

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