Transnational Families, Migration and Gender by Elisabetta Zontini

Transnational Families, Migration and Gender by Elisabetta Zontini

By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the lived experiences of neglected actors of globalization — migrant women — as well as the transformations of Western families more generally. However, while describing in detail the structural and cultural contexts within which these women have to operate, the book questions dominant paradigms about women as passive victims of patriarchal structures and brings out instead their agency and the creative ways in which they take control of their lives in often difficult circumstances. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, the author offers a valuable dual comparison between two Southern European countries on the one hand and between two migrant groups, one Christian and one Muslim, on the other, thus bringing to light unique detailed data on migration decision-making, settlement and on the multiple ways in which different women cope with the consequences of their transnational lives.

“…the book of Zontini makes an important and original contribution to studies of migration, gender, and transnationalismIt will certainly be of much interest to scholars as well as students working in these fields.”  ·  Anthropos

“The book is inspiring in many respects…What stays with you after reading the book [are] the inspiring narratives of interviewed women…Personal biographies are thus the highlight of the book.”  ·  Anthropological Notebooks

Elisabetta Zontini was a Visiting Fellow at the International Gender Studies Centre at Oxford University and a Research Fellow in the Families & Social Capital ESRC Research Group at London South Bank University. She has published a number of ethnographic articles and book chapters on gender and migration in Southern Europe and is now Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.

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ISBN 13	9781845456184
ISBN 10	1845456181
Title	Transnational Families, Migration and Gender
Author	Elisabetta Zontini
Series	New Directions In Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Year published	2010-02-01
Number of pages	280
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