ISBN:
9781442678644
,
144267864X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 161 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Giles, Wenona Mary, 1949- Portuguese women in Toronto
DDC:
305.4886910713541
Keywords:
Portuguese Canadian women Social conditions
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Ontario
;
Toronto
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Women immigrants Social conditions
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Canada
;
Portuguese Social conditions
;
Ontario
;
Sex role Ontario
;
Toronto
;
Canadiennes d'origine portugaise Conditions sociales
;
Ontario
;
Toronto
;
Immigrantes Conditions sociales
;
Canada
;
Rôle selon le sexe Ontario
;
Toronto
;
Canada
;
Ontario
;
Ontario
;
Toronto
;
Women immigrants Social conditions
;
Portuguese Social conditions
;
Sex role
;
Portuguese ; Social conditions
;
Sex role
;
Women immigrants ; Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
Canada
;
Ontario
;
Ontario ; Toronto
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
""Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures, and Maps""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Where Have All the Women Gone?""; ""3. Culture, Politics, and Resistance in the Household""; ""4. Working Lives""; ""5. Ethnoculturalism, Education, and Restructuring""; ""6. Conclusion�Nationalisms and Differences""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Abstract:
Wenona Giles takes a new look at migration in this innovative study of Portuguese women by examining the gender, class, and race relations of the immigrant Portuguese population from the micro level of personal experience to the macro level of the long-lasting societal repercussions of immigrant status and welfare on their children. Comparing across two generations of Portuguese Canadian women, the book delves into issues such as cultural heterogeneity among Portuguese immigrants, the ambiguity of work and gender politics, the concept of 'home' versus nationalism, and raises concerns about the ways in which global political and economic inequities have affected Portuguese women's citizenship. Drawing on over sixty interviews with Portuguese immigrants and community workers in Toronto, Giles weaves theoretical perspectives around direct quotes to provide a complete picture of the Portuguese immigrant experience. Her case study of Portuguese women sheds new light not only on Portuguese immigrants to Canada, but also on Canadian nationalism, immigration, and multicultural policies, and their connection with national and global economic situations, that affect all immigrants to Canada
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781442678644
URL:
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