Transnational Families, Migration and Gender

Moroccan and Filipino Women in Bologna and Barcelona
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84545-618-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

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 take control of their lives in often difficult circumstances. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, the author offers a valuable dual comparison between two Southern European countries on the one hand and between two migrant groups, one Christian and one Muslim, on the other, thus bringing to light unique detailed data on migration decision-making, settlement and on the multiple ways in which different women cope with the consequences of their transnational lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zontini, Elisabetta

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

List of Maps

Chapter 1. Introduction: Southern Europe and the New Immigrations

Chapter 2. Transnational Migration, Gender and Settlement: Towards an Understanding of the Southern European Case

Chapter 3. Immigration, Work and Family in Bologna

Chapter 4. Immigration, Work and Family in Barcelona

Chapter 5. Comparative Perspectives on Female Migration and Settlement in Southern Europe

Chapter 6. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zontini, Elisabetta
Elisabetta Zontini was a Visiting Fellow at the International Gender Studies Centre at Oxford University and a Research Fellow in the Families & Social Capital ESRC Research Group at London South Bank University. She has published a number of ethnographic articles and book chapters on gender and migration in Southern Europe and is now Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.