Nepali Migrant Women: Resistance and Survival in America

by Shobha Hamal Gurung

Book Overview

In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and unskilled labor jobs, Hamal Gurung challenges conventional portraits of Third World women as victims forced into low-wage employment. Instead, she sheds light...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815637128
• ISBN13: 9780815637127
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 8.9"