Transnational migration and the politics of identity /
by Thapan, Meenakshi.
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BookSeries: Women and migration in Asia ; v. 1. Publisher: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005Description: 320 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0761934243 (hard back); 0761934251 (paper back); 8178295598 (India hbk.); 8178295601 (India pbk.).Subject(s): Emigration and immigration | Immigrants -- Psychology | Identity (Psychology)Online resources: Table of contents Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : making incomplete : identity, woman and the state / Meenakshi Thapan -- From India to an Indian diaspora to a Mauritian diaspora : back-linking as a means for women to feel good locally / Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff -- Women in between : the case of Bangladeshi women living in London / Nilufar Ahmed -- Being American, learning to be Indian : gender and generation in the context of transnational migration / Aparna Rayaprol -- Singular predicaments : unmarried female migrants and the changing Bangladeshi family / Santi Rozario -- Breaking the silence : identity politics and social suffering / Parin Dossa -- Women, home and belonging in UK immigration policy / Irene Gedalof -- Gender, race and racism : the ban of the Islamic headscarf in France / Christine Delphy -- Cultured girls : race, multiculturalism and the Canadian state / Sunera Thobani -- Betwixt the state and everyday life : identity formation among Bengali migrants in a Delhi slum / Maitrayee Chaudhuri.
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