Gender and Migration by Isabel Rodriguez Mora

Gender and Migration by Isabel Rodriguez Mora

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Migration has become a key area of preoccupation for governments, international agencies and human rights activists the world over. This book argues, however, that studies of migration have become too limited in scope, focusing on the policy demands of governments and humanitarian agencies.

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Gender and Migration by Isabel Rodriguez Mora

Provocative and intellectually challenging, Gender and Migration critically analyses how gender has been taken up in studies of migration and its theories, practices and effects. Each essay uses feminist frameworks to highlight how more traditional tropes of gender eschew the complexities of gender and migration. In tackling this problem, this collection offers students and researchers of migration a more nuanced understanding of the topic.
'This original collection brings a feminist, intersectional and interdisciplinary lens to question the seemingly innocuous ‘and’ in discussions of gender and migrationHighly recommended.' Rosalind Gill, King’s College 'Reading this book, which is highly recommended, you are swept into postcolonial countries as well as into the old heart of Europe and you will necessarily loose the sense of innocence and neutrality in relation to your own thinking and conceptualizing.' Frigga Haug, The Berlin Institute of Critical Theory 'This book makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on the gendered character of migrations as well as that of states and societies' responses to them.' Nira Yuval-Davis 'This is a theoretically rich exploration of gender and migration. Each chapter covers crucial issues, but the collection as a whole makes key interventions in understandings of policy and humanitarian issues. It is provocative and imaginative in its careful, scholarly and accessible treatment of issues frequently taken for granted by governments, international agencies and human rights activists. It deserves to become essential reading, not only in a variety of academic disciplines, but by those working in, and legislating about, migration as well as the wider public.' Ann Phoenix, Institute of Education 'This is a must-read for anyone in the ever-widening fields of international relations and migration studies.' M. Brinton Lykes, Boston College 'This book is a critical resource for 21st century feminist scholars, practitioners, activists, students and policymakers.' Jude Clark, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Ingrid Palmary is a senior researcher in the Forced Migration Studies Progamme at the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg. She has written on a range of topics including gender based violence in times of armed conflict, the gendered nature of displacement and the intersections of 'domestic' and 'political' violence. Peace Kiguwa lectures in Psychology and currently Gender and Human Rights at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Erica Burman is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies in Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent books Deconstructing Developmental Psychology (2008) and Developments: child, image, nation (2008) reflect these themes. Khatidja Chantler is a lecturer and researcher in Social Work at the University of Manchester. She is also a counsellor and supervisor and has worked in health and social care settings for over 25 years.
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ISBN 13 9781848134119
ISBN 10 1848134118
Title Gender and Migration
Author Isabel Rodriguez Mora
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2010-10-14
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.