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This volume, the first in the series entitled Women and Migration in Asia, focuses on Asian women`s experience of immigration and the impact this has on their identity in the context of transnational migration. It highlights the gendered dimension of migration, the differential experience of men and women, and the consequences of this for women. It also examines the complexities that women encounter in the process of migration, emphasizing both the constraints that women experience, and the strategies they deploy in making life in the new country more bearable.
The volume draws attention to the fluid nature of a migrant woman`s identity while also pointing out that this fluidity and her identity are regulated to a certain extent by the state and various social institutions. Moreover, it examines the manner in which she negotiates with these larger institutions and structures―such as the state, employers, the community and welfare institutions―and how these engagements help in defining and restructuring her identity in different ways.
The volume draws attention to the fluid nature of a migrant woman`s identity while also pointing out that this fluidity and her identity are regulated to a certain extent by the state and various social institutions. Moreover, it examines the manner in which she negotiates with these larger institutions and structures―such as the state, employers, the community and welfare institutions―and how these engagements help in defining and restructuring her identity in different ways.
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Meenakshi Thapan is Professor of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics and Co-ordinator of the D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education at the University of Delhi. She was Co-ordinator of the European Study Centre Programme, University of Delhi (January 2010–March 2012) and country partner (India) for the EU FP7 Project on EuroBroadMap. She is Series Editor for the series on Women and Migration in Asia, Volumes 1–5 (SAGE 2005–2008) and editor of Vol. 1: Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity (SAGE 2005). She has also published Life at School (1991, 2006), Living the Body (SAGE 2009) and edited Embodiment: Essays on Gender and Identity (1997), Anthropological Journeys (1998), Contested Spaces. Citizenship and Belonging in Contemporary Times (2010) and (with Roland Lardinois) Reading Pierre Bourdieu in a Dual Context. Essays from India and France (2006).
"Transnational migration and its impact on female identity couldn′t be more timely. The strengths of the book can be found in the narratives and the variety of identity issues." Author: Linda K. Richter Published On: 2007-07-23
The volume is an anthology of articles contributed by eminent scholars affiliated to prestigious universities on an international level.... The book provides an opportunity to understand the complex nature of identity issues of migrant women. Author: Dawn
This is the first of the five volumes stemming from a conference on women and migration in Asia, held in Delhi in December 2003. The collective enterprise aims at understanding the implications of migration processes for women within and across Asian societies and globally. Author: Economic and Political Weekly
The book is interesting to read and useful for those working in the field of migration and women studies.
Author: Pakistan Development ReviewThe volume is an anthology of articles contributed by eminent scholars affiliated to prestigious universities on an international level.... The book provides an opportunity to understand the complex nature of identity issues of migrant women. Author: Dawn
This is the first of the five volumes stemming from a conference on women and migration in Asia, held in Delhi in December 2003. The collective enterprise aims at understanding the implications of migration processes for women within and across Asian societies and globally. Author: Economic and Political Weekly
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- PublisherSAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0761934243
- ISBN 13 9780761934240
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
- EditorThapan Meenakshi
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