Gender and migration / Caroline B. Brettell.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2016Description: pages cmISBN:

9780745687889
0745687881
9780745687896
074568789X

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Gender and migrationDDC classification:

304.8730082 23 BRE

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Contents:

Introduction : engendering the study of immigration The gendered demography of U.S. immigration history The gendering of law, policy, citizenship, and political practice Gendered labor markets Gender and the immigrant family Concluding thoughts : a gendered theory of migration.

Summary: Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labor markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell tackles a variety of issues Read more...

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	304.8730082 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		38557

Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labor markets, laws and policies, and the transnational model of migration, Caroline Brettell tackles a variety of issues Read more...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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