TY - JOUR
T1 - Up the Down Staircase: Redefining Gender Identities through Migration and Ethnic Employment in Germany
AU - Mushaben, Joyce Marie
PY - 2009/1/9
Y1 - 2009/1/9
N2 - Reflecting complex migration dynamics, gender often determines ‘who stays, who moves, where, why, how often’—and what they do once they get there. Comprising 46 per cent of Germany's ‘foreign-born’ residents, women can no longer be discounted as merely family dependents; however, this is only half the battle regarding their struggles for occupational opportunity. This study explores the experiences of five migrant groups, each of which has undergone a different type of gender-role reconfiguration—owing to divergent legal categorisations and employment rights—resulting in varying opportunities for social integration and political enfranchisement.
AB - Reflecting complex migration dynamics, gender often determines ‘who stays, who moves, where, why, how often’—and what they do once they get there. Comprising 46 per cent of Germany's ‘foreign-born’ residents, women can no longer be discounted as merely family dependents; however, this is only half the battle regarding their struggles for occupational opportunity. This study explores the experiences of five migrant groups, each of which has undergone a different type of gender-role reconfiguration—owing to divergent legal categorisations and employment rights—resulting in varying opportunities for social integration and political enfranchisement.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/13691830903123062
U2 - 10.1080/13691830903123062
DO - 10.1080/13691830903123062
M3 - Article
VL - 35
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
ER -