This book explores the differences for participants when the wives migrate for reproductive labor in the United States. This book also adds a much needed non-working class dimension to the impact of migration on women and marital relations, particularly in the Pacific Rim: where husbands remain in Taiwan, the country of origin, and send remittances to support their wives and children in the United States, the receiving country. This book thus contributes to theorizing the class and gender dimensions of international migration, and provides comparative data for the study of transnational migration. It also sheds light on understanding the familial aspect of the many interactions across the Pacific Rim, an aspect that remains understudied.
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Examines the effects of transnational migration on non-working class women whose husbands work in Taiwan and send remittances to support their wives and children in the US. This book contributes to theorizing the class and gender dimensions of international migration, and provides comparative data for the study of transnational migration.
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1. Theoretical Framework and Methodology2. Historical Chinese American Transnational Families3. Immigration from Taiwan: From Early Arrivals to Concentration in Southern California4. Taiwanese Immigrants Impact on Local Communities5. Migration from the Woman's Standpoint6. Global Political Economy, Local Disadvantages, and Transnational Families7. Migration Decision and Power Relations8. Impact on Women as Workers, Mother, and Individuals9. Impact on Marital Relations10. Summary and Conclusion
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415973304
Publisert
2005-04-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
498 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
280

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Biographical note

Maria W.L. Chee received her doctorate in sociocultural anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.