Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity by Guida

Description: Engendering Transnational Voices by Guida Man, Rina Cohen Examines the transnational practices and identities of immigrant women, youth, and children in an era of global migration and neoliberalism, addressing such topics as family relations, gender and work, schooling, cultural identities, caring for children and the elderly, inter- and multi-generational relationships, and refugee determination. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Engendering Transnational Voices examines the transnational practices and identities of immigrant women, youth, and children in an era of global migration and neoliberalism, addressing such topics as family relations, gender and work, schooling, remittances, cultural identities, caring for children and the elderly, inter- and multi-generational relationships, activism, and refugee determination.Expressions of power, resistance, agency, and accommodation in relation to the changing concepts of home, family, and citizenship are explored in both theoretical and empirical essays that critically analyze transnational experiences, discourses, cultural identities, and social spaces of women, youth, and children who come from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; are either first- or second-generation transmigrants; are considered legal or undocumented; and who enter their adopted country as trafficked workers, domestic workers, skilled professionals, or students. The volume gives voice to individual experiences, and focuses on human agency as well as the social, economic, political, and cultural processes inherent in society that enable or disable immigrants to mobilize linkages across national boundaries. Author Biography Guida Man is an associate professor and a member of the Graduate Program in the Department of Sociology at York University. Her research intersects im/migration and transnationalisms, families, and women and work in the context of global economic restructuring. She has an extensive research and publishing record, and is currently completing a SSHRC-funded research project on immigrant womens transnational migration strategies.Rina Cohen is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and a member of the Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist, and Womens Studies at York University. Her areas of interest include diaspora engagement, transnationalisms, immigrant women, sociology of families, cultural identities, and qualitative research methods. She has authored numerous articles on domestic care workers, transnational motherhood, childrens contribution to housework, and diasporic communities. Table of Contents Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity, edited by Guida Man and Rina CohenIntroduction: Engendering Transnational Voice Rina Cohen and Guida ManPart I: Experiencing Transnational Family Lives1. Gulf Husbands and Canadian Wives: Transnationalism from Below among South Asiansâ""A Classed, Gendered, and Racialized Phenomenon Tania Das Gupta2. Maintaining Families Through Transnational Strategies: The Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada Guida Man3. Intergenerational and Transnational Familyhood in Canadas Technology Triangle Amrita Hari4. Transnational Family Exchanges in Senior Canadian Immigrant Families Nancy Mandell, Katharine King, Valerie Preston, Natalie Weiser, Ann Kim, and Meg LuxtonPart II: Negotiating Transnational Care Work5. Multidirectional Care in Filipino Families Valerie Francisco6. Transnationalism and Remittances: The Double-edged Position of Transmigrant Women Engaged in the Domestic Service Sector Patience Elabor-Idemudia7. Mothering Has No Borders: The Transnational Kinship Networks of Undocumented Jamaican Domestic Workers in Canada Susan M. Brigham8. Transnational Motherhood: Constructing Intergenerational Relations Between Filipina Migrant Workers and Their Children Rina CohenPart III: Constructing Transnational Cultural Identities9. Living Up to Expectations: 2nd and 1.5-Generation Immigrant Students Pursuit of University Education Leanne Taylor and Carl E. James10. Family, Religion, and the Re-territorialization of Culture within the South Asian Diaspora Lina Samuel11. Transnational Activism: An Asian Canadian Case Xiaoping LiPart IV: Contesting Hegemonic Discourses and Reshaping Transnational Social Spaces12. Structuring Transnationalism: The Mothering Discourse and the Educational Project Ann Kim13. Producing Refugees and Trafficked Persons: Women, Unaccompanied Minors and Discourses of Criminalized Victimhood Hijin Park14. Field Correspondence: Exploring the Roots of the Transnational Habitus Christine Hughes15. Migrant Networks: Peruvian Women (Re)Shaping Social Spaces in Madrid Felipe RubioContributorsIndex Excerpt from Book Excerpt from Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity edited by Guida Man and Rina Cohen From Introduction: Engendering Transnational Voices by Rina Cohen and Guida Man Gender and Transnational Migration In this collection, the transnational voices of women, youth, and children are examined, often through a feminist lens. Historically, gender has been underplayed in transnational literature. More recently, migration and social transformation studies are paying special attention to the ways in which gender plays a role in transnational lives. Since the early 1990s, the number of women who migrate on their own has consistently been increasing (Pessar and Mahler 2003). Some sociologists, such as Donato et al. (2006), labelled this proliferation of female migration a eoefeminization of migratione process, highlighting the need to further examine the gendered nature of migration. The substantial increase in the feminization of transnational migration should be understood in the context of the continuing escalation in the globalization and neoliberalization of the worlds market economy, the failure of state migration policies in the West, and the commoditization of citizenship. Capital accumulation under neoliberalism in a globalized world has exacerbated and escalated the disparity between the global north and south. Consequently, while some nation-states are not able to provide basic needs for their citizens, others are lacking labour power to maintain a rapid economic growth. This has led to a growth in both economic migration and speculative migration, of which a growing number are female migrants. Feminist scholars have long noted that women and men experience migration differently (Man 1995; Morokvasic 1984; Oishi 2005; Pessar 1999; Pessar and Mahler 2003), and these differences affect their settlement and their transnational experiences. Just as gender does, so do class and race and their relations affect and are affected by transnational migration. In general, working-class immigrant women (mostly racialized) occupy precarious positions, have limited access to essential knowledge and resources, and have little social capital in comparison to middle-class professional migrants (Raj 2003). This translates into differential opportunities and abilities to mobilize transnational strategies and hence different experiences for these women. At the same time, many racialized skilled immigrant women and men also experience downward mobility and are channelled into precarious work, particularly in the early period of their arrival to the new country (Man 2004a, 2004b; see also Das Gupta, Hari, and Man in this volume). Transmigrant womene,, Description for Teachers/Educators Part I: Experiencing Transnational Family Lives Chapter 1 Gulf Husbands and Canadian Wives: Transnationalism From Below Among South Asianse"A Classed, Gendered and Racialized Phenomenon Tania Das Gupta Tania Das Gupta discusses the phenomenon of twice migrated South Asian migrants to Canada, arriving via the Middle East in a two-step migration process. Utilizing a race, gender, and class analysis, Das Gupta discusses the effects transnational migration has on family relationships, work, communities, social citizenship, and identities. Details ISBN1771121130 Pages 330 Publisher Wilfrid Laurier University Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 1771121130 ISBN-13 9781771121132 Format Paperback Short Title ENGENDERING TRANSNATIONAL VOIC Series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada Language English Media Book DEWEY 304.8 Imprint Wilfrid Laurier University Press Subtitle Studies in Family, Work, and Identity Place of Publication Waterloo, Ontario Country of Publication Canada Edited by Rina Cohen Illustrations 2 UK Release Date 2015-04-09 Author Rina Cohen Publication Date 2015-04-30 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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