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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455413503321

Titolo

Gender, migration, and the public sphere, 1850-2005 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marlou Schrover and Eileen Janes Yeo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-23550-3

1-282-31546-3

9786612315466

0-203-86655-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in gender and history

Altri autori (Persone)

SchroverMarlou <1959->

YeoEileen

Disciplina

305.48/96912

Soggetti

Women immigrants - History

Women immigrants - Social conditions

Women immigrants - Government policy

Emigration and immigration - Government policy

Human beings - Migrations - History

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; 1 Introduction: Moving the Focus to the Public Sphere; 2 Gender and Homeland in the Irish and Jewish Diasporas, 1850-1930; 3 Men and Women in Paris, 1870-1930; 4 Polish Liberators and Ostarbeiterinnen in Belgium During the Cold War: Mixed Marriages and their Differences for Immigrant Men and Women; 5 Why Make a Difference?: Migration Policy and Making Differences Between Migrant Men and Women (The Netherlands 1945-2005); 6 Children's Citizenship, Motherhood and the Nation State

7 Gendered Migrations and the Globalisation of Social Reproduction and Care: New Dialogues and Directions8 About Cleanliness, Closeness and Reliability: Somali and Ethiopian Domestic Workers in Yemen; 9 Where are the Girls?: War, Displacement and the Notion of Home Among Sudanese Refugee Children; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The decision to emigrate has historically held differing promises and costs for women and for men. Exploring theories of difference in labor market participation, network formation and the immigrant organising process, on belonging and diaspora, and a theory of 'vulnerability,' A Global History of Gender and Migration looks critically at two centuries of the migration experience from the perspectives of women and men separately and together. Uniquely investigating the subject globally over time, this book incorporates the history of migration in areas as far-flung as