Women Crossing Boundaries: A Psychology of Immigration and Transformations of Sexuality

ISBN-13: 9780415917001 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 194 str.

Oliva M. Espin

Opis

Based on life narratives that describe first-hand experiences of migration, this book focuses on the impact of migration on women's sexuality and gender roles.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Women’s Experience of Migration; Chapter 2 Collecting Immigrant Women’s Life Narratives; Chapter 3 The Stories; Chapter 4 Migration, Sexuality, and the Preservation of Culture and Tradition; Chapter 5 Language; Chapter 6 Mothers, Daughters, and Migration; Chapter 7 The Experience of Lesbian Immigrants; Chapter 8 Final Thoughts;

O autorze

Oliva M. Espin is Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University. She is the author of Latina Healers: Power, Tradition and Culture (1996) and has written widely about the psychology of women from different cultures and about women's experiences as immigrants and refugees.