| Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age Contributor(s): Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda (Editor), Romina Guevarra, Anna (Editor), Toro-Morn, Maura (Editor) |
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ISBN: 025203757X ISBN-13: 9780252037573 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 331.544 |
| LCCN: 2013939073 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.49 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee, Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, H ctor R. Cordero-Guzm n, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonz lez, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Mar a de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang, George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Mu oz, Bandana Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle T llez, and Maura Toro-Morn. |