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Transnational Ruptures

Gender and Forced Migration
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Transnational Ruptures explores the increasing feminisation of migrant populations, focusing on Guatemalan refugees and migrants. It examines how women's roles shift as they become principal wage earners and heads of households. Through a multi-sited ethnographic approach, Catherine Nolin reveals the tensions and reconstructions of identity amid displacement within Guatemala and internationally, offering insights into the complex interplay of global and local realities.
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This book is suited for scholars and upper-level university students interested in transnational and refugee studies, international migration, human geography, anthropology, sociology, Latin American studies, gender studies, political science, and international studies.

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The tensions between population displacement within and beyond Guatemala and the multiple local, regional and national realities encountered and reconfigured by refugees and migrants allow a fascinating window onto the connections and ruptures experienced in a 'global/local world'.

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A key development in international migration in recent years has been the increasing feminisation of migrant populations. Research attention now focuses not only on the growing number of women on the move but also on their changing gender roles as more female migrants participate as principal wage earners and heads of household rather than as 'dependants'.

The tensions between population displacement within and beyond Guatemala and the multiple local, regional and national realities encountered and reconfigured by these refugees and migrants allow a fascinating window onto the connections and ruptures experienced in a 'global/local world'.

Transnational Ruptures holds great interest and value for a wide readership, from scholars who are interested in transnational and refugee studies and international migration, to upper level university students in disciplines such as human geography, anthropology, sociology, Latin American Studies, gender studies, political science and international studies.

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Praised as a superb ethnography, this work highlights the challenges and disconnections experienced by the Guatemalan diaspora. Reviewers commend Nolin's strong connection to her subjects and her nuanced portrayal of exile, violence, and identity reconstruction. The book is recognised for giving voice to the previously underexplored experiences of Guatemalan refugees in Canada and is both theoretically driven and empirically grounded.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780754638056

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 June 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 266

About the Author

Catherine Nolin is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. She is also affiliated with the Graduate Studies programs in Interdisciplinary Studies & Natural Resources and Environmental Studies. Catherine combines academic and activist concerns related to the 1980s genocide in Guatemala, refugee movement to Canada, and Canadian immigration and refugee policy. Her research and teaching interests are shaped by a commitment to social justice and human rights.

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