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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Read Jen'nan Ghazal <1972->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Culture, class, and work among Arab-American women / / Jen'nan Ghazal Read"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"New York, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2004"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-280-36140-9"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786610361403"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-59332-120-1"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (166 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"The new Americans"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"331.4/089/927073"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Arab American women - Social conditions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Arab American women - Employment"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Women immigrants - United States - Social conditions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Women foreign workers - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Labor supply - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Sex role - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Arab Americans - Ethnic identity"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Arab Americans - Cultural assimilation"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-150) and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Significance of Women's Labor Force Participation -- 3 The Case for Arab Americans -- 4 Arab-American Women in Comparative Perspective -- 5 Determinants of Arab-American Women's Economic Achievements -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Index."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Read examines the labor force activity of Arab-American women, a group whose work experiences provide an exception to accepted theories. The employment rates of Arab immigrant women rank among the lowest of any immigrant group, while the rates of native-born Arab-American women resemble those of U.S.-born white women. These differences cannot be explained by Arab-American women s human capital characteristics or family resources, but are due to traditional cultural norms that prioritize women s family obligations over their economic activity and to ethnic and religious social networks that encourage the maintenance of traditional gender roles. Read s "]
[{"$nulls":4},"findings challenge assumptions about variations in ethnic women s labor force participation. Arab cultural valuesplay an important role in determining the position of women of Arab descent inAmerican society.\""]