Gender, migration and categorisation : making distinctions between migrants in Western countries, 1945-2010 / Marlou Schrover & Deirdre M. Moloney (eds).

Format:

Book

Series:

IMISCOE research 2213-5421

IMISCOE research, 2213-5421

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Sex differences.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

268 pages : some illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This collective volume describes and analyses distinctions made between migrants in France, the USA, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark through history and how these were justified in politics and public debates. The chapters form a triptych. In three clusters the authors address the problematisation of questions such as 'who is a refugee', 'who is family' and 'what is different'. Though these questions are frequently seen as separate issues, the chapters in this volume show they are not. They intersect in ways that vary according to countries of origin and settlement, economic climate, geopolitical situation, media framing and government policies, as well as by migrants' own class, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Making a difference / Marlou Schrover Schrover, Marlou, Deirdre Moloney Moloney, Deirdre 7

2 Refugees and restrictionism: Armenian women immigrants to the USA in the post-World War 1 era / Yael Schacher Schacher, Yael 55

3 New refugees? Manly war resisters prevent an asylum crisis in the Netherlands, 1968-1973 / Tycho Walaardt Walaardt, Tycho 75

4 A gender-blind approach in Canadian refugee processes Mexican female claimants in the new refugee narrative / Monica Boyd Boyd, Monica, Joanne Nowak Nowak, Joanne 105

5 Queer asylum: us policies and responses to sexual orientation and transgendered persecution / Connie Oxford Oxford, Connie 127

6 Belonging and membership: Postcolonial legacies of colonial family law in Dutch immigration policies / Sarah van Walsum Walsum, Sarah van, Guno Jones Jones, Guno, Susan Legêne Legêne, Susan 149

7 Blood matters: Sarkozy's immigration policies and their gendered impact / Catherine Raissiguier Raissiguier, Catherine 175

8 Gender, inequality and integration: Swedish policies on migrant incorporation and the position of migrant women / Maja Cederberg Cederberg, Maja 193

9 Take off that veil and give me access to your body: An analysis of Danish debates about Muslim women's head and body covering / Rikke Andreassen Andreassen, Rikke 215

10 Multiculturalism, dependent residence status and honour killings Explaining current Dutch intolerance towards ethnic minorities from a gender perspective (1960-2000) / Marlou Schrover Schrover, Marlou 231

11 Conclusion: Gender, migration and cross-categorical research / Marlou Schrover Schrover, Marlou, Deirdre Moloney Moloney, Deirdre 255.

Notes:

Research report.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789089645739

908964573X

9048521769

9789048521760

OCLC:

875136123