Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements (International Perspectives on Migration, Vol. 1)

Part 1. Theorizing Feminisms in Migration -- Front matter -- Intersectional-Gender and the Locationality of Women "in Transit" -- Synergies Between Feminist Thought and Migration Studies in Mexico (1975-2010) -- Fragmented Migrant (Her)Stories: Multi-sited Ethnography and Feminist Migration Research -- Introduction -- Part 2. Contesting Identities and Agency -- Front matter -- Japanese Single Mothers in Australia: Negotiation with Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma in the Homeland -- Migrant Women in Belgium: Identity Versus Feminism -- Transgression into 'Hidden' Feminism: Immigrant Muslim Woman from India -- Encountering Differences: Iranian Immigrant Women in Australia -- Transnational Experiences of Eastern European Women and Feminist Practices After 1989 -- Part 3. Resistance and Social Justice -- Front matter -- Transnational Working-Class Women's Activism in New York's Confederated Hispanic Societies (1939-1977) -- (Im)migrant Women's Work in France and Brazil: Towards Social Recognition and Social Justice -- Building Alliances: Greek and Migrant Women in the Anti-racist Movement in Athens -- Feminist Desires, Multi-culturalist Dilemmas: Migrant Women's Self-organizing in Milan -- Part 4. Religion for Change -- Front matter -- 'Sister Agnes was to go to Ghana in Africa!' Catholic Nuns and Migration -- Exploring the Activism of Immigrant Muslim Women in Chicago: Continued Frontiers of Engagement Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Intersectional-Gender and the Locationality of Women “in Transit”....Pages 17-31 Synergies Between Feminist Thought and Migration Studies in Mexico (1975–2010)....Pages 33-59 Fragmented Migrant (Her)Stories: Multi-sited Ethnography and Feminist Migration Research....Pages 61-77 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Japanese Single Mothers in Australia: Negotiation with Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma in the Homeland....Pages 81-99 Migrant Women in Belgium: Identity Versus Feminism....Pages 101-121 Transgression into ‘Hidden’ Feminism: Immigrant Muslim Woman from India....Pages 123-147 Encountering Differences: Iranian Immigrant Women in Australia....Pages 149-164 Transnational Experiences of Eastern European Women and Feminist Practices After 1989....Pages 165-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Transnational Working-Class Women’s Activism in New York’s Confederated Hispanic Societies (1939–1977)....Pages 187-207 (Im)migrant Women’s Work in France and Brazil: Towards Social Recognition and Social Justice....Pages 209-226 Building Alliances: Greek and Migrant Women in the Anti-racist Movement in Athens....Pages 227-242 Feminist Desires, Multi-culturalist Dilemmas: Migrant Women’s Self-organizing in Milan....Pages 243-262 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 ‘Sister Agnes was to go to Ghana in Africa!’ Catholic Nuns and Migration....Pages 265-282 Exploring the Activism of Immigrant Muslim Women in Chicago: Continued Frontiers of Engagement....Pages 283-301 Back Matter....Pages 303-307 Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements is a rich, original, and diverse collection on the intersections of feminism and migration in western and non-western contexts. This book explores the question: does migration empower women? Through wide-ranging topics on theorizing feminism in migration, contesting identities and agency, resistance and social justice, and religion for change, well-known and emerging scholars provide in-depth analysis of how social, cultural, political, and economic forces shape new modalities and perspectives among women upon migration. It highlights the centrality of the various meanings and interpretations of feminism(s) in the lives of immigrant and migrant women in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Eastern Europe, France, Greece, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Spain, and the United States. The well-researched chapters explore the ways in which feminism and migration across cultures relate to women’s experiences in host societies --- as women, wives, mothers, exiles, nuns, and workers---and the avenues of interactions for change. Cross-cultural engagements point to the convergence and even disjunctures between (im)migrant and non-immigrant women that remain unrecognized in contemporary mainstream discourses on migration and feminism. This volume offers a diverse collection of essays on the intersections of feminism and migration in western and non-western contexts, exploring the question: does migration empower women? Coverage spans cultures, nations and societal roles