Taiwanese American Transnational Families: Women and Kin Work

ISBN-13: 9780415654326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str.

Maria W. L. Chee

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Theoretical Framework and Methodology 2. Historical Chinese American Transnational Families 3. Immigration from Taiwan: From Early Arrivals to Concentration in Southern California 4. Taiwanese Immigrants Impact on Local Communities 5. Migration from the Woman's Standpoint 6. Global Political Economy, Local Disadvantages, and Transnational Families 7. Migration Decision and Power Relations 8. Impact on Women as Workers, Mother, and Individuals 9. Impact on Marital Relations 10. Summary and Conclusion

O autorze

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