ISBN:
0814767389
,
0814767397
,
0814768261
,
9780814767382
,
9780814767399
,
9780814768266
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 309 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Immigration and Women
DDC:
305.48/969120973
Keywords:
Women immigrants
;
Immigrants Government policy
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Einwanderung
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Abstract:
The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and sending money to their wives and families in their home countries, while women are often left out of these pictures. Immigration and Women is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism. Through an examination of U.S. Census data and interviews with women across nationalit
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 "We Can't Go Back": Immigrant Women, Intersections, and Agency; PART I: WHO THEY ARE; 2 "Your Story Drops on You": Who Are These Women?; PART II: HOW THEY COME; 3 "I Had to Start Over": Entering through the Front Door; 4 "I Had to Leave My Country One Day": Entering through the Back Door; PART III: WHAT THEY DO; 5 "I Am Not Only a Domestic Worker; I Am a Woman": Immigrant Women and Domestic Service; 6 "Mighty Oaks": The Entrepreneurs; 7 "There Is Still Work to Do": Immigrant Women in Gender-Atypical Occupations
Description / Table of Contents:
8 "Always in Life, We Are Ripping": Culture WorkPART IV: WHERE THEY ARE GOING; 9 "Misbehaving Women": The Agency of Activism; 10 "Making History": Drawing Conclusions, Looking Forward; Appendix A: Notes on Research Methods; Appendix B: List of Interviewed Women; Appendix C: Timeline: U.S. Immigration Policy and Women, 1875-2009; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; About the Authors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814767382.001.0001
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814768266
URL:
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