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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 309 pages)

ISBN: 9780814768266 , 0814768261

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , 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

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-8147-6739-9

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Einwanderung ; Frau ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780814768266

Content: 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 nationalities, we hear the poignant, humorous, hopeful, and defiant words of these women as they describe the often confusing terrain where they are starting new lives, creating architecture firms, building urban high-rises, caring for children, cleaning offices, producing creative works, and organizing for social change. Highlighting the gendered quality of the immigration process, Immigration and Women interrogates how human agency and societal structures interact within the intersecting social locations of gender and migration. The authors recommend changes for public policy to address the constraints these women face, insisting that new policy must be attentive to the diverse profile of today’s immigrating woman: she is both potentially vulnerable to exploitative conditions and forging new avenues of societal leadership.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. “We Can’t Go Back” -- , 2. “Your Story Drops on You” -- , 3. “I Had to Start Over” -- , 4. “I Had to Leave My Country One Day” -- , 5. “I Am Not Only a Domestic Worker; I Am a Woman” -- , 6. “Mighty Oaks” -- , 7. “There Is Still Work to Do” -- , 8. “Always in Life, We Are Ripping” -- , 9. “Misbehaving Women” -- , 10. “Making History -- , Appendix A -- , Appendix B -- , Appendix C -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index -- , About the Authors , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9780814768266

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814768266

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Format: 1 online resource : , illustrations (black and white)

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Content: This title 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.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780814767382

Language: English

URL: New York scholarship online

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Format: X, 309 S. : , Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 978-0-8147-6738-2 , 978-0-8147-6739-9

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8147-6826-6

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Einwanderung ; Frau ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage

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