African Women Immigrants in the United States

Crossing Transnational Borders

Gebonden Engels 2009 9780230617780
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This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration.

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ISBN13:9780230617780
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction and Organization Centering Gender in Intra and Inter-Regional Migration in Africa Passage to America Gender and Forced Migration Gender and the Formation of Transnational Black Immigrant Identities Gender, Migration and Work African Immigrants and Black American Women Second Generation West African Immigrant Girls Fertility Decision-Making Conclusion and Policy Issues References

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