Gender, Work and Migration: Agency in Gendered Labour Settings

Amrith, Megha and Sahraoui, Nina, Gender, Work and Migration: Agency in Gendered Labour Settings, (London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2018).

Document type:
Book
Collection:
UNU-GCM Books

Metadata
Links
Versions
Statistics
  • Author Amrith, Megha
    Sahraoui, Nina
    Title Gender, Work and Migration: Agency in Gendered Labour Settings
    Publication Date 2018-01-04
    Place of Publication London and New York
    Publisher Routledge, Taylor and Francis
    Pages 206
    Language eng
    Abstract While the feminisation of transnational migrant labour is now a firmly ingrained feature of the contemporary global economy, the specific experiences and understandings of labour in a range of gendered sectors of global and regional labour markets still require comparative and ethnographic attention. This book adopts a particular focus on migrants employed in sectors of the economy that are typically regarded as marginal or precarious – domestic work and care work in private homes and institutional settings, cleaning work in hospitals, call centre labour, informal trade – with the goal of understanding the aspirations and mobilities of migrants and their families across generations in relation to questions of gender and labour. Bringing together rich, fieldwork-based case studies on the experiences of migrants from the Philippines, Bolivia, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mauritius, Brazil and India, among others, who live and work in countries within Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America, Gender, Work and Migration goes beyond a unique focus on migration to explore the implications of gendered labour patterns for migrants’ empowerment and experiences of social mobility and immobility, their transnational involvement, and wider familial and social relationships.
    Copyright Holder Routledge
    Copyright Year 2018
    Copyright type All rights reserved
  • Versions
    Version Filter Type
  • Citation counts
    Google Scholar Search Google Scholar
    Access Statistics: 450 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics
    Created: Fri, 11 May 2018, 00:49:44 JST by Valeria Bello on behalf of UNU GCM