An exploration of the varied and complex ways in which women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international migration: the chapters in this volume are concerned primarily with the question of whether international migration provides women with opportunities for liberating themselves from subordinate gender roles in their countries of origin. At the same time, the authors discuss whether migrant women face both traditional and new forms of subordination and discrimination in their host societies Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: The Invisibility of Women in Scholarship on International Migration....Pages 1-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Seeds for Self-Sufficiency? Policy Contradictions at the US—Mexico Border....Pages 21-37 Labor Migration and International Sexual Division of Labor: A Feminist Perspective....Pages 38-58 Asian Women in Business in Australia....Pages 59-81 Immigration Policy, Cultural Norms, and Gender Relations Among Indian-American Motel Owners....Pages 82-102 Third World Immigrant Women in American Higher Education....Pages 103-123 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Mail Order Brides: The Legal Framework and Possibilities for Change....Pages 127-143 Sri Lankan Tamil Immigrants in Toronto: Gender, Marriage Patterns, and Sexuality....Pages 144-162 Gender Implications of Immigration: the Case of Russian-Speaking Women in Israel....Pages 163-185 Social Services for Immigrant Women in European Nations; Including Lessons from the Council of Europe’s Project on Human Dignity and Social Exclusion....Pages 186-206 Conclusion: Policy Considerations for the Twenty-First Century....Pages 207-215 Back Matter....Pages 216-218 Although women migrate across international boundaries at roughly the same rate as men, most international migration scholarship assumes that international migration results primarily from the labour migration of male workers. The few studies which have explored international female migration have focused almost exclusively on the migration of women to work in the low-wage labour sector of the global economy. This volume challenges the simplicity of both of these analyses by exploring the varied and complex ways in which women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international migration. The chapters in this volume are concerned primarily with the question of whether international migration provides women with opportunities for liberating themselves form subordinate gender roles in their countries of origin and, at the same time, whether migrant women face both traditional and new forms of subordination and discrimination in their host societies This text explores the varied and complex ways in which women in a variety of occupational and social categories experience international migration Edited By Gregory A. Kelson And Debra L. Delaet. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
