Transnational Families, Migration and Gender

Transnational Families, Migration and Gender
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 1845456181
ISBN-13 : 9781845456184
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Book Synopsis Transnational Families, Migration and Gender by : Elisabetta Zontini

Download or read book Transnational Families, Migration and Gender written by Elisabetta Zontini and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the lived experiences of neglected actors of globalization -- migrant women -- as well as the transformations of Western families more generally. However, while describing in detail the structural and cultural contexts within which these women have to operate, the book questions dominant paradigms about women as passive victims of patriarchal structures and brings out instead their agency and the creative ways in which they take control of their lives in often difficult circumstances. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, the author offers a valuable dual comparison between two Southern European countries on the one hand and between two migrant groups, one Christian and one Muslim, on the other, thus bringing to light unique detailed data on migration decision-making, settlement and on the multiple ways in which different women cope with the consequences of their transnational lives.


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