ISBN:
940072831X
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9789400728318
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Ressource (307 Seiten)
Series Statement:
International perspectives on migration 1
Parallel Title:
Print version Feminism and Migration
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Feminism and migration
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Women immigrants
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Social conditions
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Emigration and immigration
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Social aspects
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Feminist theory
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Feminismus
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Migration
Abstract:
Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements is a rich, original, and diverse collection on the intersections of feminism and migration in western and non-western contexts. This book explores the question: does migration empower women? Through wide-ranging topics on theorizing feminism in migration, contesting identities and agency, resistance and social justice, and religion for change, well-known and emerging scholars provide in-depth analysis of how social, cultural, political, and economic forces shape new modalities and perspectives among women upon migration. It highlights the cent
Description / Table of Contents:
Feminism and Migration; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Feminism and Migration: An Overview; 1.2 Feminist Inspirations; 1.3 Synopses of Chapters; References; Part I: Theorizing Feminisms in Migration; Chapter 2: Intersectional-Gender and the Locationality of Women "in Transit"; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Challenging the West vs. "Third-world" Binarism; 2.3 Multicentering Feminism and Locationality of Women "in Transit"; 2.4 Locationality of Women "in Transit" as Being Within/out; 2.5 Intersectional-Gender; 2.6 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 3: Synergies Between Feminist Thought and Migration Studies in Mexico (1975-2010)3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Historical Overview of Two Converging Trajectories: Feminist Thought and Migration Studies; 3.3 Reshaping Gender Relations Through Migration; 3.3.1 Women Who Leave; 3.3.2 Women Who Stay; 3.4 Feminist Thought and Action: Cross-Border Collaboration at the Gender-Migration Nexus; 3.4.1 Abandoned Wives and Children in Limbo; 3.4.2 Migration, Asylum-Seeking and Domestic Violence; 3.5 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 4: Fragmented Migrant (Her)Stories: Multi-sited Ethnography and Feminist Migration Research4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Within and Beyond Situated Knowledge and Positionality; 4.3 Rethinking Research Across Difference in Migration Studies; 4.4 Multi-sited Ethnography; 4.5 Multi-sited Ethnography, Feminist Research and Gendered Migration; 4.5.1 "Here" and "There" as Interdependent Spaces; 4.5.1.1 The Case of the Strawberry Pickers; 4.5.1.2 Family Reunification; 4.5.1.3 Paulette; 4.5.2 Greater Opportunities for Reciprocity and Participation; 4.5.3 The Migrant as a Strategic Agent
Description / Table of Contents:
4.6 ConclusionReferences; Part II: Contesting Identities and Agency; Chapter 5: Japanese Single Mothers in Australia: Negotiation with Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma in the Homeland; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Theories and Methods; 5.3 Reasons for Remaining in Australia; 5.3.1 Practical Concerns in Remaining in Australia; 5.3.1.1 Generous Social Welfare and Job Opportunities in Australia; 5.3.1.2 Children and Their Fathers; 5.3.2 Remaining in Australia as an Escape? Negotiating Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma; 5.3.2.1 Sense of Belonging and Identity; 5.4 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6: Migrant Women in Belgium: Identity Versus Feminism6.1 Introduction; 6.2 From Invisible Migrant Women to Dominated Muslim Women; 6.3 Women's Movement and Migrant Women; 6.3.1 Landscape of the Women's Movement; 6.3.2 Migrant Women in the Women's Movement; 6.3.2.1 Women's Mass Movement; Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes (FPS); Vie Féminine (VF); 6.3.2.2 The Feminist Movement; 6.4 Critique of the Women's Movement; 6.5 (Re)building a Feminist Project; References; Chapter 7: Transgression into 'Hidden' Feminism: Immigrant Muslim Woman from India; 7.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
7.2 Immigrant Muslim Women from India
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