This text focuses on the impact that the process of migration has had on women's sexuality and gender roles. Life narratives of the women interviewed are presented against the backdrop of the historical and social context of migration. European, Latin America, Caribbean and Asian women, aging from early-20s to mid-70s discuss the development of their sexuality in the context of their home culture and the acculturation process demanded by their migration.

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.

A retrospective of fifteen years, this book brings together, for the first time, Oliva Espin's previously published articles and conference papers. Together, these writings reveal the complexity and encompassing quality of Espin's most significant contributions to the contemporary debates within psychology. Topics include sexuality, therapy with Latinas and other women of color, immigrant and refugee women, ethnic minority and immigrant women of diverse sexual orientations, and theoretical perspectives on feminist psychology and diversity.Primarily focusing on the experiences of Latina women,...

Currently, there are over 15 million legally designated refugees all over the world and it is documented that 75 percent of those refugees are women, yet most of the existent literature does not focus on this group as women. Most of the literature focuses on political, economic, and social issues with very little reference to the mental health implications of the refugees'experiences as women. Refugee Women and Their Mental Health begins to fill this paucity of information on female refugees'experiences. A book of immediate interest, Refugee Women and Their Mental Health focuses on...

Feminist Therapy with Latina Women highlights the principles of feminist and multicultural counselling and therapy with Latinas and Latin American women, providing both theoretical approaches and applied frameworks. The authors are all experienced therapists and researchers with a deep understanding of the issues relevant to this particular population. In presenting their expertise, they discuss individual concerns and social context, applying it concretely to the personal and collective lives of Latina women. Chapters focus on the intersecting principles of feminism and multiculturalism,...

This book brings a psychological perspective to the often overlooked and understudied topic of women's experiences of migration, covering topics such as memory, place, language, race, social class, work, violence, motherhood, and intergenerational impact of migration.