ISBN:
9780333983461
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (230 pages)
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DDC:
304.8/2/082
Keywords:
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Abstract:
An exploration of the varied and complex ways in which women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international migration: the chapters in this volume are concerned primarily with the question of whether international migration provides women with opportunities for liberating themselves from subordinate gender roles in their countries of origin. At the same time, the authors discuss whether migrant women face both traditional and new forms of subordination and discrimination in their host societies.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Invisibility of Women in Scholarship on International Migration -- Part I: The Economic Status of International Female Migrants -- 2 Seeds for Self-Sufficiency? Policy Contradictions at the US-Mexico Border -- 3 Labor Migration and International Sexual Division of Labor: A Feminist Perspective -- 4 Asian Women in Business in Australia -- 5 Immigration Policy, Cultural Norms, and Gender Relations Among Indian-American Motel Owners -- 6 Third World Immigrant Women in American Higher Education -- Part II: The Social Status of International Female Migrants -- 7 Mail Order Brides: The Legal Framework and Possibilities for Change -- 8 Sri Lankan Tamil Immigrants in Toronto: Gender, Marriage Patterns, and Sexuality -- 9 Gender Implications of Immigration: the Case of Russian-Speaking Women in Israel -- 10 Social Services for Immigrant Women in European Nations -- Including Lessons from the Council of Europe's Project on Human Dignity and Social Exclusion -- 11 Conclusion: Policy Considerations for the Twenty-First Century -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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