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Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
| Gender and U.S. immigration : contemporary trends / / edited by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.8/73/0082 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Hondagneu-SoteloPierrette |
| Soggetto topico | Women immigrants - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
asian immigrants cultural employment feminism feminist gender studies gender global economy immigrant experience immigrant families immigration labor migration labor mexican immigrants migration studies migration motherhood naturalization philippines scholarly social history social studies transnational us immigrants virginity womens issues |
| ISBN |
0-520-92986-1
9786612357060 1-59734-629-2 1-282-35706-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Gender and Immigration: A Retrospective and Introduction -- Chapter 2. Engendering Migration Studies: The Case of New Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 3. Strategic Instantiations of Gendering in the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration from the Philippines to the United States -- Chapter 5. Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families -- Chapter 6. The Intersection of Work and Gender: Central American Immigrant Women and Employment in California -- Chapter 7. Israeli and Russian Jews: Gendered Perspectives on Settlement and Return Migration -- Chapter 8. Gendered Ethnicity: Creating a Hindu Indian Identity in the United States -- Chapter 9. Disentangling Race-Gender Work Experiences: Second-Generation Caribbean Young Adults in New York City -- Chapter 10. Gendered Geographies of Home: Mapping Second- and Third-Generation Puerto Ricans' Sense of Home -- Chapter 11. De madres a hijas: Gendered Lessons on Virginity across Generations of Mexican Immigrant Women -- Chapter 12. Raising Children, and Growing Up, across National Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Age, Gender, and Migration -- Chapter 13. "We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina American Lives -- Chapter 14. Engendering Transnational Migration: A Case Study of Salvadorans -- Chapter 15. "I'm Here, but I'm There": The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood -- Chapter 16. Gender, Status, and the State in Transnational Spaces: The Gendering of Political Participation and Mexican Hometown Associations -- Chapter 17. "The Blue Passport": Gender and the Social Process of Naturalization among Dominican Immigrants in New York City -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783090703321 |
| Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang
| The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang |
| Autore | Kang Miliann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 391.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Asian Americans - Social conditions
Asian Americans -- Social conditions Beauty culture - Social aspects - United States Beauty culture -- Social aspects -- United States Beauty shops - Social aspects - United States Beauty, Personal - Social aspects - United States Korean American women - Employment - United States Korean American women -- Employment -- United States Manicuring - Social aspects - United States United States - Race relations United States -- Race relations Women immigrants - Employment - United States Women immigrants -- Employment -- United States Nail art (Manicuring) - Social aspects - United States Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
art asian american asian immigrants asian women beauty service work body services body class differences consumption divisions of race ethnography gender issues gender immigrant workers interviews korean women manicures nail industry nail salons new york city nonfiction pampering race issues self care self expression service careers social science united states white middle class women women working class |
| ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business" -- Two. "What Other Work Is There?" -- Three. Hooked on Nails -- Four. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together" -- Five. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered" -- Six. "You Could Get a Fungus" -- Conclusion. What is a man I cure worth? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790598203321 |
Kang Miliann
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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