Immigrants - Social Conditons, Women's Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Women Immigrants
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Overview
All contributions to this book to this volume describe women as social actors within specific migration processes and point out women's creativity in shaping migrant settings. This perspective counter-balances common descriptions of women as more or less invisible and dependent of male migration. At the same time the anthropological approach ensures the careful consideration and analysis of the culturally specific contexts, within which the different processes of migration are taking place. Regional and cultural diversity of the data presented renders possible intercultural comparison of the investigated phenomena.
Editorials
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Fourteen contributions written primarily by German social anthropologists address women's migration patterns, including their functions in the migration process; the strategies and networks they develop to cope with the social, cultural, and economic requirements of their new environments; changes in gender relations and roles in the context of migration; and how women see themselves in the context of migration. Cases range from South Lebanese women migrating to West Africa to Puerto Rican female spiritists in the US. The book is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
July 6, 2001
Publisher
Frankfurt ; Campus Verlag ; 2000.
Pages
250
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312232399