Transnational Ruptures: Gender and Forced Migration (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754638056)

A key development in international migration in recent years has been the increasing feminization of migrant populations. Research attention now focuses not only on the growing number of women on the move but also on their changing gender roles as more female migrants participate as principal wage earners and heads of household rather than as 'dependants'. The tensions between population displacement within and beyond Guatemala and the multiple local, regional and national realities encountered and reconfigured by these refugee and migrants allow a fascinating window onto the connections and ruptures experienced in a 'global/local world'. Transnational Ruptures holds great interest and value for a wide readership, from scholars who are interested in transnational and refugee studies and international migration, to upper level university students in disciplines such as human geography, anthropology, sociology, Latin American Studies, gender studies, political science and international studies.

Author: Catherine Nolin
ISBN-10: 0754638057
ISBN-13: 9780754638056
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2006
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 167