Transnational Families, Migration and Gender; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Transnational Migration, Gender and Settlement; Chapter 3: Immigration, Work and Family in Bologna; Chapter 4: Immigration, Work and Family in Barcelona; Chapter 5: Comparative Perspectives on Female Migration and Settlement in Southern Europe; Chapter 6: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index