Family Migration and the Path to an Occupation: The (Early) Experiences of Skilled Taiwanese and Chinese 'Wives'

by Chieh Hsu

Book Overview

This book sheds light on the invisible early post-arrival period of female family migrants, traditionally considered to be low skilled or professionally quiescent. With attention to the experiences of Chinese and Taiwanese women married to German men, it examines the ways in which the private sphere-marked by intermarriage couple dynamics and native-foreigner relations-constitutes the main locus of women's socialization in the host country, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367516101
• ISBN13: 9780367516109
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"