African Women Immigrants in the United States Crossing Transnational Borders

by Arthur, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780230617780
• ISBN10: 0230617786
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

West African Women can no longer be considered passive participants in international migration. Here, Arthur gives a voice to the processes by which gendered, racial, ethnic, class identities, and their categorizations are used to challenge the marginality of Black immigrant women. The aim is to how African women use their own migration to achieve economic and cultural empowerment. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr. John A. Arthur is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He received his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. Amongst his research interests are international migration, the African diaspora, race and ethnic relations, and transnational criminology. He is author of over two dozen peer reviewed articles published in national and international journals. His published books include, The African Diaspora in the United States and Europe: The Ghanaian Experience; The New African Diaspora in North America (ed.); and Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States. He was former Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Director of the UMD Study Abroad Program in Birmingham, England.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction and Organization	p. 1
Centering Gender in African Regional Migration	p. 11
Passage from the Savannah Grasslands of Africa to America	p. 29
Gender and Forced Migration: Rebuilding Shattered Lives	p. 63
Gender and Transnational Black Immigrant Identities	p. 105
Gender, Migration, and Work	p. 131
Rethreading Fertility Decisions in New Settings	p. 165
Concluding Remarks and Looking Ahead	p. 193
Notes	p. 213
References	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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