Waiting On Washington
by Project Muse, Repak, Terry A.
fromUPCC book collections on Project MUSE
In an analysis of recent immigration patterns in Washington, D.C., Terry A. Repak documents the unusual predominance of women among Central American immigrants. Two thirds of the arriving immigrants in earlier decades have been women, many of them recruited by international dipl…
A comprehensive study highlighting gender differences in the forces that propel international migrations.
Migrant Labor and Border Securities in Pop Culture explores the conditions for migrant domestic, agricultural, and factory workers as that of continual crisis and examines how the borderlands are a workshop of neoliberalism. These borderland stories present a future of integrate…
Aandacht voor de positie van zwarte immigrantenvrouwen met kinderen op de amerikaanse arbeidsmarkt. Auteur betoogt dat deze vrouwen die de minst populaire banen vervullen, zoals kinderjuffen, dienstmeisjes, portiers, ziekenverzorgsters en mantelzorgsters van essentieel belang zi…
The author examines the plight of immigrant women workers and their jobs as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and homecare workers.
The author examines the plight of immigrant women workers and their jobs as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and homecare workers.
The prevailing image of migrants, particular women of color, is that of a drain on "our" resources. Grace Chang's vital account of migrant women-- frequently undocumented and disenfranchised, working as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and home care workers-- …
"Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity is that of a drain. Grace Chang's vital account of immigrant women--who work as nannies, domestic worker…
The prevailing image of migrants, particular women of color, is that of a drain on "our" resources. Grace Chang's vital account of migrant women-- frequently undocumented and disenfranchised, working as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and home care workers-- …
"Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity is that of a drain. Grace Chang's vital account of immigrant women--who work as nannies, domestic worker…