Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity

Thapan, Meenakshi

Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity - New Delhi Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd 2005 - 320p - Women and Migration in Asia; 200500ENGGPS1 .

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Introduction: `Making Incomplete`: Identity, Woman and the State 23 Meenakshi Thapan 2 From India to an Indian Diaspora to a Mauritian Diaspora: Back-Linking as a Means for Women to Feel Good Locally 63 Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff 3 Women in Between: The Case of Bangladeshi Women Living in London 99 Nilufar Ahmed 4 Being American, Learning to be Indian: Gender and Generation in the Context of Transnational Migration 130 Aparna Rayaprol 5 Singular Predicaments: Unmarried Female Migrants and the Changing Bangladeshi Family 150 Santi Rozario 6 Breaking the Silence: Identity Politics and Social Suffering 181 Parin Dossa 7 Women, Home and Belonging in UK Immigration Policy 210 Irene Gedalof 8 Gender, Race and Racism: The Ban of the Islamic Headscarf in France 228 Christine Delphy 9 Cultured Girls: Race, Multiculturalism and the Canadian State Sunera Thobani 10 Betwixt the State and Everyday Life:Identity Formation among Bengali Migrants in a Delhi Slum Maitrayee Chaudhuri

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