Resilient Self - Gender, Immigration, and Taiwanese Americans

Informationen zum Autor Gu, Chien-Juh Klappentext Explores how international migration re-shapes women's senses of themselves. Chien-Juh Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women! who! in turn! negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement. Zusammenfassung Explores how international migration re-shapes women's senses of themselves. Chien-Juh Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women, who, in turn, negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 1 2. Immigration, Culture, Gender, and the Self 17 3. Searching for Self in the New Land 38 4. Negotiating Egalitarianism 69 5. Performing Confucian Patriarchy 95 6. Fighting for Dignity and Respect in Racialized America 127 7. Suffering and the Resilient Self 154 Acknowledgments 165 Appendix: Demographic Information of Subjects 167 Notes 171 References 181 Index 191

Product details

• Authors: Chien-Juh Gu
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2018
• EAN: 9780813586052
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-8605-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Asian American Studies Today; Asian American Studies Today
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore