Contested Voices: Women Immigrants in Today's World

by Marianne Githens

Using the concepts of intersectionality and the social construction of identity, Contested Voices offers a comprehensive picture of immigrant women today and the impact which public policy, class, race, religion, and ethnicity have on their efforts to adjust to a new environment. Rejecting the notion that all immigrant women have the same experiences in adapting and adjusting to their new environment, the book examines the impact of gendered immigration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312240414
• ISBN13: 9780312240417
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"