Working gendered boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : temporary migration experiences of Bangladeshi women in the Malaysian export industry from a multi-sited perspective / / Anja Rudnick

• Autore: Rudnick Anja
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration
• Soggetto geografico: Malaysia Emigration and immigration; Bangladesh Emigration and immigration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: ENGENDERING MIGRATION THEORY; CHAPTER 3: THE SENDING AND THE RECEIVING COUNTRY: BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA; CHAPTER 4: THE FIELD SETTING: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 5: WHY MIGRATE?; CHAPTER 6: FROM DESIRE TO DECISION AND DEPARTURE; CHAPTER 7: WORKING IN MALAYSIA'S EXPORT INDUSTRY: CONDITIONS AND WAGES; CHAPTER 8: LIVING IN MALAYSIA: NEGOTIATING TWO CULTURES; CHAPTER 9: BACK IN BANGLADESH: A NEW BEGINNING?; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SUMMARY; SAMENVATTING
• Sommario/riassunto: This study explores the short term migration of Bangladeshi women to Malaysia to work in labour intensive, export oriented factories, and considers the consequences of their decision to migrate.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working gendered boundaries
• ISBN: 1-282-12914-7; 9786612129148; 90-485-0874-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454117803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II