Crossing the Gulf : love and family in migrant lives /

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Crossing the Gulf tells the stories of the intimate lives of migrants in the Gulf cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Pardis Mahdavi reveals the interconnections between migration and emotion, between family and state policy, and shows how migrants can be both mobilized and immobilized by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Family relationships > Persian Gulf States.
Women immigrants > Family relationships > Persian Gulf States.
Immigrants > Persian Gulf States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Persian Gulf States > Social conditions.
Immigrantes > Relations familiales > États du golfe Persique.
Immigrantes > États du golfe Persique > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Immigrants > Family relationships.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Family relationships.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Einwanderer
Familienleben
Persian Gulf States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
États du golfe Persique > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Persian Gulf States.
Golfstaaten
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Im/mobilities and im/migrations
  • Love, labor, and the law
  • Inflexible citizenship and flexible practices
  • Changing home/s
  • Children of the emir
  • Transformations and mobilizations
  • Negotiated intimacies and unwanted gifts.

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