ISBN:
0520243196
,
0520243188
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version When Women Come First : Gender and Class in Transnational Migration
DDC:
305.48/891411073
Keywords:
Women, East Indian Social conditions
;
Transnationalism
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Man-woman relationships
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Man-woman relationships
;
Nurses Social conditions
;
East Indians Social conditions
;
Women immigrants Social conditions
;
Women, East Indian Employment
;
Women alien labor Social aspects
;
Sex role
;
East Indians ; United States ; Social conditions
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Nurses ; United States ; Social conditions
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Sex role ; United States
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Women foreign workers ; Social aspects ; United States
;
Women immigrants ; United States ; Social conditions
;
Women, East Indian ; Employment ; United States
;
Women, East Indian ; United States ; Social conditions
;
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Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1. Contradictions of Gender When Women Immigrate First; 2. Work: Nursing, Women's Networks, and Men "Tied to a Stake"; 3. Home: Redoing Gender in Immigrant Households; 4. Community: Creating Little Kerala and the Paradox of "Men Who Play" in the Church; 5. Transnational Connections: The Janus-Faced Production of an Immigrant Community; 6. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Interview Participants by Household Type; Appendix 2: Types of Nursing Jobs
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix 3: Transnational Organizational Structure of the Indian Orthodox ChurchNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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