Transnational families, migration, and gender : Moroccan and Filipino women in Bologna and Barcelona /

By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the lived experiences of neglected actors of globalization - migrant women - as well as the transformations of Western famili...

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Moroccan and Filipino women in Bologna and Barcelona
1. Verfasser:
Zontini, Elisabetta
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Berghahn Books, c2010.
Zusammenfassung:
By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the lived experiences of neglected actors of globalization - migrant women - as well as the transformations of Western families more generally. However, while describing in detail the structural and cultural contexts within which these women have to operate, the book questions dominant paradigms about women as passive victims of patriarchal structures and brings out instead their agency and the creative ways in which they
Umfang:
1 online resource (280 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index.
ISBN:
9786612627149
9781282627147
1282627147
9781845458058
1845458052
Schlagworte:
Women immigrants > Europe, Southern > Case studies.
Filipinos > Italy > Bologna > Social conditions.
Moroccans > Italy > Bologna > Social conditions.
Filipinos > Spain > Barcelona > Social conditions.
Moroccans > Spain > Barcelona > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > Italy > Bologna.
Women immigrants > Spain > Barcelona.
Families > Italy > Bologna.
Families > Spain > Barcelona.
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