Gender and Ethnicity in Contemporary Europe
Author: Jacqueline Andall
Publisher: Berg   Published: April 2003
ISBN:   HB 1 85973 647 5   PB n/a
Subject: sociology;history
  • Contemporary Europe is in the midst of a cultural and social crisis. Debates over how European societies should respond to their changing ethnic profile lie at the heart of this crisis, whilst the issues raised have been given sharper focus .

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    List of Contents
     
    Bookmarks Contents
     
    Acknowledgements
     
    Notes on Contributors
     
    Introduction: The Space Between - Gender Politics and Immigration Politics in Europe
     
    1 Gendered Actors in Migration
     
    2 Hierarchy and Interdependence: The Emergence of a Service Caste in Europe
     
    3 Migrant Women in Spain: Class, Gender and Ethnicity
     
    4 South Asian Women and Collective Action in Britain
     
    5 Women Migrants and Political Activism in France
     
    6 Shifting Meanings of Islam and Multiple Representations of Modernity: The Case of Muslim Women in
     
    7 'Nowadays Your Husband is Your Partner': Ethnicity and Emancipation as Self- Presentation in the N
     
    8 Gendered and Racialized Experiences of Citizenship in the Life Stories of Women of Turkish Backgro
     
    9 Mother Russia: Changing Attitudes to Ethnicity and National Identity in Russia's Regions
     
    10 Westenders: Whiteness, Women and Sexuality in Southall, UK