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
Autor principal: George, Sheba Mariam, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Immigranten.
Sekseverschillen.
Women > Social conditions
Women immigrants > Social conditions
Women > Employment
Transnationalism
Sex role
Nurses > Social conditions
Man-woman relationships
East Indians > Social conditions
East Indians > Employment
East Indian American women > Social conditions
East Indian American women > Employment
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalisme.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Inde.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
Infirmieres > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Travail > États-Unis.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalism.
Man-woman relationships > India.
Man-woman relationships > United States.
Sex role > United States.
Nurses > United States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Employment > Social aspects > United States.
East Indians > Employment > United States.
Women > Employment > United States.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
East Indians > United States > Social conditions.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
United States
India
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780520938359

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