Korean Immigrant Women in the Dallas-Area Apparel Industry - Looking for Feminist Threads in Patriarchal Cloth

Korean Immigrant Women in the Dallas-Area Apparel Industry shows how gender, capitalism, race and ethnic minority status, and patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean working women in the U.S. In addition, this book explains the hardships of many working immigrant women who are trying to adapt to a new life in the U.S. The author also examines how immigrant women's work experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles.

About the author

By Shin Ja Um

Summary

This study aims to show how gender, capitalism, race and ethnic minority status, and patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean working women in the US. It also examines how immigrant women's work experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles.

Product details

• Authors: Shin Ja Um, Um Shin Ja
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.1996
• EAN: 9780761804635
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-0463-5
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 221 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour, Textile & fibre technology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Textiles and fibres, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, Leather & fur technology