Overview
- New feminist-inspired scholarship on migration
- First international collection of western and non-western case studies on the intersection of feminism and migration
- Original contribution to contemporary feminist migration discourse
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI, volume 1)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Contesting Identities and Agency
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Resistance and Social Justice
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Resistance and Social Justice
Keywords
- Agency and empowerment
- Anti-racist movements
- Cross-Cultural engagements in migration
- Ethnography and feminist migration research
- Feminism
- Feminism and migration
- Gender and the locationality of women
- Gender studies
- Gender studies
- Immigrant muslim women
- Migration
- Multi-cultiralist dilemmas
- Social recognition and social justice
- Transgression into 'hidden' feminism
- Women studies
- Women studies
About this book
Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements is a rich, original, and diverse collection on the intersections of feminism and migration in western and non-western contexts. This book explores the question: does migration empower women? Through wide-ranging topics on theorizing feminism in migration, contesting identities and agency, resistance and social justice, and religion for change, well-known and emerging scholars provide in-depth analysis of how social, cultural, political, and economic forces shape new modalities and perspectives among women upon migration. It highlights the centrality of the various meanings and interpretations of feminism(s) in the lives of immigrant and migrant women in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Greece, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Spain, and the United States. The well-researched chapters explore the ways in which feminism and migration across cultures relate to women’s experiences in host societies --- as women, wives, mothers, exiles, nuns, and workers---and the avenues of interactions for change. Cross-cultural engagements point to the convergence and even disjunctures between (im)migrant and non-immigrant women that remain unrecognized in contemporary mainstream discourses on migration and feminism.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is a well-written and timely addition to the growing body of literature on gender and migration, extending the analysis to include feminist practice and the challenges that this poses. The depth of the material in this volume, particularly on the contradictions and complexities of migration, will appeal to feminist and migration scholars, as well as activists involved in migrants’ and women’s groups.” (Nikki Dunne, Gender & Development, Vol. 21 (2), 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Feminism and Migration
Book Subtitle: Cross-Cultural Engagements
Editors: Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
Series Title: International Perspectives on Migration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2831-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2830-1Published: 09 February 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9535-8Published: 13 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2831-8Published: 06 February 2012
Series ISSN: 2214-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9813
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 308
Topics: Migration, Gender Studies, Sociology, general