04371nam 2200877Ia 450 991045008050332120200520144314.097866123579780-520-93835-61-282-35797-21-4175-9329-61-59875-548-X10.1525/9780520938359(CKB)1000000000030781(EBL)231932(OCoLC)475938433(SSID)ssj0000271130(PQKBManifestationID)11954671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271130(PQKBWorkID)10281394(PQKB)10318193(MiAaPQ)EBC231932(OCoLC)60311983(MdBmJHUP)muse30786(DE-B1597)518763(OCoLC)973979764(DE-B1597)9780520938359(Au-PeEL)EBL231932(CaPaEBR)ebr10079969(CaONFJC)MIL235797(EXLCZ)99100000000003078120040907d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhen women come first[electronic resource] gender and class in transnational migration /Sheba Mariam GeorgeBerkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24319-6 0-520-24318-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Women as primary immigrants and breadwinners -- Work -- Home -- Community -- Transnational connections -- Conclusion.With a subtle yet penetrating understanding of the intricate interplay of gender, race, and class, Sheba George examines an unusual immigration pattern to analyze what happens when women who migrate before men become the breadwinners in the family. Focusing on a group of female nurses who moved from India to the United States before their husbands, she shows that this story of economic mobility and professional achievement conceals underlying conditions of upheaval not only in the families and immigrant community but also in the sending community in India. This richly textured and impeccably researched study deftly illustrates the complex reconfigurations of gender and class relations concealed behind a quintessential American success story. When Women Come First explains how men who lost social status in the immigration process attempted to reclaim ground by creating new roles for themselves in their church. Ironically, they were stigmatized by other upper class immigrants as men who needed to "play in the church" because the "nurses were the bosses" in their homes. At the same time, the nurses were stigmatized as lower class, sexually loose women with too much independence. George's absorbing story of how these women and men negotiate this complicated network provides a groundbreaking perspective on the shifting interactions of two nations and two cultures.Women, East IndianUnited StatesSocial conditionsWomen immigrantsUnited StatesSocial conditionsWomen, East IndianEmploymentUnited StatesWomen foreign workersSocial aspectsUnited StatesNursesUnited StatesSocial conditionsEast IndiansUnited StatesSocial conditionsSex roleUnited StatesMan-woman relationshipsUnited StatesMan-woman relationshipsIndiaTransnationalismElectronic books.Women, East IndianSocial conditions.Women immigrantsSocial conditions.Women, East IndianEmploymentWomen foreign workersSocial aspectsNursesSocial conditions.East IndiansSocial conditions.Sex roleMan-woman relationshipsMan-woman relationshipsTransnationalism.305.48/891411073George Sheba Mariam1966-1038307MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450080503321When women come first2459821UNINA01902oam 2200493M 450 991071630180332120200213070901.8(CKB)5470000002521122(OCoLC)1065591806(OCoLC)995470000002521122(EXLCZ)99547000000252112220071213d1926 ua 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTo regulate the disbursement of federal funds for public works. December 16, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed[Washington, D.C.] :[U.S. Government Printing Office],1926.1 online resource (9 pages)House report / 69th Congress, 2nd session. House ;no. 1629[United States congressional serial set] ;[serial no. 8688]Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.FDLP item number not assigned.Letting of contractsConstruction industryLegislative amendmentsPublic worksLegislative materials.lcgftLetting of contracts.Construction industry.Legislative amendments.Public works.Dyer Leonidas Carstarphen1871-1957Republican (MO)1407694WYUWYUOCLCOOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQBOOK9910716301803321To regulate the disbursement of federal funds for public works. December 16, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed3489793UNINA