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Motherhood -- Social aspects.
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Mothers -- Social conditions.
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Women refugees -- Social conditions.
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Women immigrants -- Social conditions.
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Mother and child.
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Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. Mothering in a Foreign Land I; 1. Reproducing Punjabiyat; 2. From Mama Africa to Papatūānuku:; 3. Mother Tongue as the Language of Mothering and Homing Practice in Betty Quan's Mother Tongue and Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms; 4. Perinatal Care for Immigrants in the Netherlands; 5. Motherhood and Unemployment; 6. Mothering at the Margins of Health; 7. Changing Places, Changing Bodies; I. Mothering in a Foreign Land II |
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8. An Immigrant Mother's "Revolt against Silence" in Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying9. Isolation and Negotiation; 10. Foreign Mothers, Native Children; 11. Mothering Duties Come First; 12. The Extraordinariness of Ordinary Immigrant Mothers in Jhumpa Lahiri's Writings; 13. Attaining a Balance between Showing Sensitivity to Local Norms and Upholding the Values of the Country of Origin; 14. Intercultural Upbringing; Conclusion; About the Contributors |
Summary |
This edited volume explores how and why immigrant/refugee mothers' experiences differ due to the challenges posed by the migration process, but also what commonalities underline immigrant/refugee mothers' lived experiences. This book will add to the field of women's studies the much-needed discussion of how immigrant and refugee mothers' lives are dependent on cultural, environmental and socio-economic circumstances. The collection offers multiple perspectives on migrant mothering by including ethnographic and theoretical submissions along with mothers' personal narratives and literary analyse. |
ISBN |
1772580953 (electronic bk.) |
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9781772580952 (electronic bk.) |
OCLC # |
994039651 |
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