05200nam 2201177Ia 450 991078331450332120230207223631.097866123579780-520-93835-61-282-35797-21-4175-9329-61-59875-548-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 relationshipsIndiaTransnationalismamerican success story.church roles.class issues.cross cultural.economic mobility.emigration and immigration.gender issues.gender relations.gender studies.immigrant communities.immigrant experiences.immigrant women.immigration patterns.india.nonfiction.nurses.professional women.race and class.sending communities.social networks.social status.textbooks.transnational migration.united states.womens history.working women.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 Mariam1966-1467806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783314503321When women come first3678646UNINA