Gender and Immigration

by G. Kelson (Editor), D. DeLaet (Editor)

Overview

An exploration of the varied and complex ways in which women experience international migration: the chapters 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333741771
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/13/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

NANDINI NARAIN ASSAR PhD candidate in sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BRIGITTE H.BECHTOLD Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women Studies Program, Central Michigan University SHU-JU ADA CHENG PhD student in sociology, University of Texas, Austin LUDMILA DZIEWIECKA-BOKUN Associate Professor in Politics of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw (Poland), SEPALI GURUGE M.S.Candidate in Nursing, University of Toronto DAVID IP Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, Australia, CONSTANCE LEVER-TRACY Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, CECILIA G.MANRIQUE Associate Professor of Political Science/Public Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse GABRIEL MANRIQUE Professor of Economics and chair of the Department of Economics, Winona State University, LYNN MORRISON PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, LARISSA I.REMENNICK Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Medical Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, LISA SIMONS PhD student in international politics, Graduate School of International Studies, Denver University, KYMBERLY ANNE SNARR currently pursuing her Masters of Science, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto KATHLEEN STAUDT Professor of Political Science, University of Texas, El Paso.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Invisibility of Women in Scholarship on International Migration; D.L.DeLaet PART I: THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL FEMALE MIGRANTS Seeds for Self-Sufficiency? Policy Contradictions at the U.S.-Mexico Border; K.Staudt Labor Migration and International Sexual Division of Labor: A Feminist Perspective; Shu-Ju A.Cheng Asian Women in Business in Australia; D.Ip & C.Lever-Tracy Impact of Immigration Policy and Cultural Norms on Gender Relations Among Indian-American Motel Owners; N.N.Assar Third World Immigrant Women in American Higher Education; C.G.Manrique & G.Manrique PART II: THE SOCIAL STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL FEMALE MIGRANTS Mail Order Brides: The Legal Framework and Possibilities for Change; L.Simons Sri Lankan Tamil Immigrants in Toronto: Gender, Marriage Patterns and Sexuality; L.Morrison, S.Guruge & K.Snarr Gender Implications of Immigration: The Case of Russian-Speaking Women in Israel; L.I.Remennick Social Services for Immigrant Women in European Nations:Including Lessons from the Council of Europe's Project on Human Dignity and Social Exclusion; B.H.Bechtold & L.Dziewiecka-Bokun Conclusion: Policy Considerations for the Twenty-First Century; G.A.Kelson Index