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Gender and Migration

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Gender and Migration examines the critical role of gender roles, relations, and ideologies in shaping migration. Caroline B. Brettell argues that a nuanced understanding of migration demands attention to gender dynamics, exploring how these influence labour markets, laws, policies, and immigrant family and community life. The book addresses key topics including transnational motherhood and the distinct experiences of men and women migrants, offering a comprehensive analysis within historical and contemporary contexts.
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Ideal for students and scholars engaged in immigration studies, race and ethnicity, and gender studies seeking an authoritative and comprehensive resource on gender's impact within migration phenomena.

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Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present.

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Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present.

Through an exploration of gendered labour markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell tackles a variety of issues such as how gender shapes the roles that men and women play in the construction of immigrant family and community life, debates concerning transnational motherhood, and how gender structures the immigrant experience for men and women more broadly.

Gender and Migration will appeal to students and scholars of immigration, race and ethnicity, and gender studies and offers a definitive guide to the key conceptual issues surrounding gender and migration.

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  • Gender and Migration
    Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labour markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell...
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  • Gender and Migration
    Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labour markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell...
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'Covering a range of topics, from the composition of migration flows to the impact of immigration policies and relations in immigrant families, this illuminating book makes clear the need to bring gender fully into the study of migration. A well-written, clear, and thoughtful overview that will be a valuable resource for students and scholars alike.'
Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York 'In thoughtful, careful, and rigorous manner, Brettell has assembled a significant and illuminating account that expands our understanding of the centrality of gender to the migratory process over time and space. It is encyclopedic in nature and an essential resource for anyone interested in immigration, gender, or both.'
Cecilia MenjΓ­var, University of Kansas

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780745687889

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 August 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 435g

Pages: 248

About the Author

Caroline B. Brettell is University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and the Ruth Collins Altshuler Director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute at Southern Methodist University

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