Indian Immigrant Women and Work The American Experience

Recently, interest in the numbers of skilled immigrants coming from India to the US has soared. However, this immigration is seen as being overwhelmingly male. This book investigates the work trajectories and related assimilation experiences of independent Indian women who have chosen their own migratory pathways in the US. It explores

About the author

Ramya M. Vijaya is a Professor of Economics at Stockton University, New Jersey, US. Besides courses in Economics, she also teaches in the interdisciplinary Global Studies Minor.

Bidisha Biswas is Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University, US. She previously served as a policy adviser on South Asia to the United States Department of State.

Summary

Recently, interest in the numbers of skilled immigrants coming from India to the US has soared. However, this immigration is seen as being overwhelmingly male. This book investigates the work trajectories and related assimilation experiences of independent Indian women who have chosen their own migratory pathways in the US. It explores

Product details

• Authors: Ramya (Stockton University Vijaya, Ramya Vijaya, Bidisha Biswas, Ramya M. (Stockton University Vijaya, Ramya Biswas Vijaya, Biswas Bidisha
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
• EAN: 9780367889609
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88960-9
• Pages: 124
• Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Diasporas, Migrations and Mobilities
• Subjects: Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour, Qualitative Interviews, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, feminist political economy, gendered labour markets, Assimilation theory, skilled migration research, independent skilled female migration USA, cross-cultural gender dynamics