African Women Immigrants in the United States - Crossing Transnational Borders

Informationen zum Autor JOHN A. ARTHUR is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, USA. Klappentext This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration. Zusammenfassung This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and Organization Centering Gender in Intra and Inter-Regional Migration in Africa Passage to America Gender and Forced Migration Gender and the Formation of Transnational Black Immigrant Identities Gender, Migration and Work African Immigrants and Black American Women Second Generation West African Immigrant Girls Fertility Decision-Making Conclusion and Policy Issues References

List of contents

Introduction and Organization Centering Gender in Intra and Inter-Regional Migration in Africa Passage to America Gender and Forced Migration Gender and the Formation of Transnational Black Immigrant Identities Gender, Migration and Work African Immigrants and Black American Women Second Generation West African Immigrant Girls Fertility Decision-Making Conclusion and Policy Issues References

Product details

• Authors: J Arthur, J. Arthur, John A. Arthur
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349380695
• ISBN: 978-1-349-38069-5
• No. of pages: 241
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Africa, Anthropology, Sociology, general, Asian History, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, America—History, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Asia—History