Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements

By Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Bonifácio

Book Overview

Acknowledgement .- List of Contributors.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Glenda Tibe Bonifacio.- Part 1: Theorizing Feminisms in Migration.- Chapter 2: Intersectional-Gender and the Locationality of Women "in Transit" MariaCaterina La Barbera.- Chapter 3: Synergies between Feminist Thought and Migration Studies in Mexico (1975-2010): Gail Mummert.- Chapter 4: Fragmented Migrant (Her)stories: Multi-sited Ethnography and Feminist Migration Research: Luna Vives.- Part 11: Contesting Identities and Agency.- Chapter 5: Japanese Single Mothers in Australia: Negotiation with Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma in the Homeland: Jun Nagatomo.- Chapter 6: Migrant Women in Belgium: Identity versus Feminism: Nouria Ouali.- Chapter 7: Transgression into 'Hidden' Feminism: Immigrant Muslim Woman from India: Shweta Singh.- Chapter 8: Encountering Differences: Iranian Immigrant Women in Australia: Maryam Jamarani.- Chapter 9: Transnational Experiences of Eastern European Women and Feminist Practices after 1989: Cezara Crisan.- Part III: Resistance and Social Justice.- Chapter 10: Transnational Working Class Women's Activism in New York's Confederated Hispanic Societies (1939-1977): Montse Feu.- Chapter 11: (Im)migrant Women's Work in France and Brazil: Towards Social Recognition and Social Justice: Maria Inancia D'Avila Neto, Annick Durand-Delvigne and Juliana Nazareth.- Chapter 12: Building Alliances: Greek and Migrant Women in Anti-Racist Movements in Athens: Alexandra Zavos.- Chapter 13: Feminist Desires, Multi-culturalist Dilemmas: Migrant Women's Self-Organizing in Milan: Laura Menin.- Part IV: Religion for Change.- Chapter 14: 'Sister Agnes was to go to Ghana!' Catholic Nuns and Migration: Katharina Stornig.- Chapter 15: Exploring the Activism of Immigrant Muslim Women in Chicago: Continued Frontiers of Engagement: Jackleen M. Salem.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400795351
• ISBN13: 9789400795358
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"