African Women Immigrants in the United States
eBook - PDF

African Women Immigrants in the United States

Crossing Transnational Borders

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

African Women Immigrants in the United States

Crossing Transnational Borders

About this book

This titledepicts 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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Introduction and Organization
  9. 2 Centering Gender in African Regional Migration
  10. 3 Passage from the Savannah Grasslands of Africa to America
  11. 4 Gender and Forced Migration: Rebuilding Shattered Lives
  12. 5 Gender and Transnational Black Immigrant Identities
  13. 6 Gender, Migration, and Work
  14. 7 Rethreading Fertility Decisions in New Settings
  15. 8 Concluding Remarks and Looking Ahead
  16. Notes
  17. References
  18. Index