Gender, migration, and the public sphere, 1850-2005 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marlou Schrover and Eileen Janes Yeo

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/96912
• Soggetto topico: Women immigrants - History; Women immigrants - Social conditions; Women immigrants - Government policy; Emigration and immigration - Government policy; Human beings - Migrations - History
• Altri autori: SchroverMarlou <1959-> YeoEileen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; 1 Introduction: Moving the Focus to the Public Sphere; 2 Gender and Homeland in the Irish and Jewish Diasporas, 1850-1930; 3 Men and Women in Paris, 1870-1930; 4 Polish Liberators and Ostarbeiterinnen in Belgium During the Cold War: Mixed Marriages and their Differences for Immigrant Men and Women; 5 Why Make a Difference?: Migration Policy and Making Differences Between Migrant Men and Women (The Netherlands 1945-2005); 6 Children's Citizenship, Motherhood and the Nation State ; 7 Gendered Migrations and the Globalisation of Social Reproduction and Care: New Dialogues and Directions8 About Cleanliness, Closeness and Reliability: Somali and Ethiopian Domestic Workers in Yemen; 9 Where are the Girls?: War, Displacement and the Notion of Home Among Sudanese Refugee Children; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The decision to emigrate has historically held differing promises and costs for women and for men. Exploring theories of difference in labor market participation, network formation and the immigrant organising process, on belonging and diaspora, and a theory of 'vulnerability,' A Global History of Gender and Migration looks critically at two centuries of the migration experience from the perspectives of women and men separately and together. Uniquely investigating the subject globally over time, this book incorporates the history of migration in areas as far-flung as
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, migration, and the public sphere, 1850-2005
• ISBN: 1-135-23550-3; 1-282-31546-3; 9786612315466; 0-203-86655-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778488603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in gender and history.