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Immigration and Women - Understanding the American Experience (Paperback)
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Immigration and Women - Understanding the American Experience (Paperback)
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The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to
conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for
construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and
sending money to their wives and families in their home countries,
while women are often left out of these pictures. Immigration and
Women is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the
United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they
describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism.
Through an examination of U.S. Census data and interviews with
women across nationalities, we hear the poignant, humorous,
hopeful, and defiant words of these women as they describe the
often confusing terrain where they are starting new lives, creating
architecture firms, building urban high-rises, caring for children,
cleaning offices, producing creative works, and organizing for
social change. Highlighting the gendered quality of the immigration
process, Immigration and Women interrogates how human agency and
societal structures interact within the intersecting social
locations of gender and migration. The authors recommend changes
for public policy to address the constraints these women face,
insisting that new policy must be attentive to the diverse profile
of today's immigrating woman: she is both potentially vulnerable to
exploitative conditions and forging new avenues of societal
leadership. To learn more about the book, check out the companion
site: http://immigratingwomen.wordpress.com/!
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