Gender and Migration - 9780367583378

Taylor & Francis

Gender and MigrationTransnational and Intersectional Prospects\nAuthor(s): Anna Amelina, Helma Lutz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367583378, 978-0367583378\nSynopsis\nFrom its beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s, interest in the topic of gender and migration has grown. Gender and Migration seeks to introduce the most relevant sociological theories of gender relations and migration that consider ongoing transnationalization processes, at the beginning of the third millennium. These include intersectionality, queer studies, social inequality theory and the theory of transnational migration and citizenship; all of which are brought together and illustrated by means of various empirical examples.\n\nWith its explicit focus on the gendered structures of migration-sending and migration-receiving countries, Gender and Migration builds on the most current conceptual tool of gender studiesintersectionalitywhich calls fo.