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African Women Immigrants in the United States

Crossing Transnational Borders

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. John A. Arthur

    1. Department of Sociology and Anthropology Former Director, University of Minnesota Study in England Program Minnesota, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction and Organization

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Centering Gender in African Regional Migration

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    Pages 11-27

  4. Passage from the Savannah Grasslands of Africa to America

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    Pages 29-61

  5. Gender and Forced Migration

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    Pages 63-104

  6. Gender and Transnational Black Immigrant Identities

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    Pages 105-130

  7. Gender, Migration, and Work

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    Pages 131-164

  8. Rethreading Fertility Decisions in New Settings

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    Pages 165-192

  9. Concluding Remarks and Looking Ahead

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    Pages 193-211

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 213-230
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This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration.

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  • Department of Sociology and Anthropology Former Director, University of Minnesota Study in England Program Minnesota, USA

    John A. Arthur

About the author

JOHN A. ARTHUR is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, USA.

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