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UNINA9910790802003321 |
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Autore |
Berger Roni |
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Titolo |
Immigrant women tell their stories / / Roni Berger |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-7890-1830-6 |
1-317-78781-1 |
1-315-80886-2 |
1-317-78782-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects |
Emigration and immigration |
Women immigrants |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published by the Haworth Press, 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Immigration : the process and its aftermath -- Methodology : how the research for this book was done -- My story : an immigrant daughter of an immigrant mother -- Immigrants to the United States -- Immigrants to Israel -- Immigrants to Australia and New Zealand -- Major themes in women's narratives -- Implications for service development and delivery. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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?I felt like an alien who fell down to earth, not understanding the rules of the game, making all the possible mistakes, saying all the wrong things.? ?Your whole life is in the hands of other people who do not always mean well and there is nothing you can do about it. They can decide to send you away and you have no control.? ?The moment I enter the house, I shelve my American self and become the 'little obedient wife' that my husband wants me to be.? ?The most difficult part is to find myself again. At the beginning I lost myself.? T |
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