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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145654803321

Titolo

Illegal migration and gender in a global and historical perspective / / edited by Marlou Schrover ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-06792-3

9786612067921

90-485-0632-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Collana

IMISCOE research

Altri autori (Persone)

SchroverMarlou <1959->

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Noncitizens

Human smuggling

Emigration and immigration - Sex differences

Illegal immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Illegal migration and gender in a global and historical perspective -- Tracing back 'illegal aliens' in the Netherlands, 1850-1940 -- Policing foreign men and women : Gendered patterns of expulsion and migration control in Germany, 1880-1914 -- Gendered borders : The case of 'illegal' migration from Iraq, the Horn of Africa and the former Soviet Union to the Netherlands -- Old and new labour migration to Malaysia : From colonial times to the present -- The romantic appeal of illegal migration : Gender, masculinity and human smuggling from Pakistan -- Migrant domestic workers in the Middle East--Illegal migration, gender and health care : Perspectives from Germany and the United States.

Sommario/riassunto

This incisive study combines the two subjects and views the migration scholarship through the lens of the gender perspective.