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Deconstructing Essentialism

Migrant Women in Stratified Labour Markets

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  • © 2022

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Authors:
  1. Anne-Iris Romens

    1. University of Milan - Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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  • Analyses the trajectories of migrant women with tertiary education and studies their access to jobs
  • Highlights how access to resources and employment is gendered, classed, and racialised
  • Assists in designing paths towards more equal access to employment

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Studying Stratifications and Essentialism in the Labour Market

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 1-21

  3. “I Became a Migrant from Eastern Europe”. Essentialism and Migrant Women with Tertiary Education

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 23-41

  4. “First the Europeans, Then Maybe the Filipinas, Then you”. Perceiving Stratifications and Essentialism

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 43-77

  5. “She Wanted me to Take a Dictation Exercise”. Essentialism and the Embodiment of Skills

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 79-106

  6. “I can’t Limit my Life to your Prejudices”. Coping and Resistance Strategies

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 107-138

  7. “Maybe This Will Be Useful for the Future”. Expanding Research on Essentialism

    • Anne-Iris Romens
    Pages 139-145

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 147-150
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About this book

This book proposes an original approach to analyse the social and professional trajectories of migrant women with tertiary education. It focuses on the role of essentialism in stratifying labour markets based on gender, class and racialisation, and in limiting migrant women's employment opportunities. Based on multi-sited fieldwork conducted in France and Italy, the book highlights how essentialism influences the assessment of working capacities, stressing that skills are socially constructed and valued depending on who embodies them. It also emphasises that migrant women and labour market gatekeepers are not only passively accepting essentialism, but some are also resisting and eventually challenging this process. Deconstructing essentialism enables us to better understand the mechanisms that produce stratifications and aids in designing paths towards more equal access to employment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Milan - Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Anne-Iris Romens

About the author

Anne-Iris Romens is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. Her research interests regard migration, care, and labour processes which she analyses from an intersectional perspective.

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