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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791090503321

Autore

Githens M

Titolo

Contested Voices [[electronic resource] ] : Women Immigrants in Today's World / / by M. Githens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

0-312-24041-4

1-137-36350-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

305.48

305.48/412

Soggetti

Sociology

Social justice

Human rights

Political science

Social structure

Equality

Emigration and immigration

Gender Studies

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

Political Science

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Migration

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

section 1. Defining women immigrants and refugees : the official voice : protocols, laws, and policies -- section 2. Managing social pressures in the workplace and community -- section 3. Immigrant women speaking for themselves.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive and stimulating examination of how the migration of women affects attitudes in receiving countries, among the women themselves, and how changing women's attitudes shapes their relations with men and between generations within ethnic groups.