Gender and Mobility in Africa Borders, Bodies and Boundaries /

This volume examines gender and mobility in Africa though the central themes of borders, bodies and identity. It explores perceptions and engagements around 'borders'; the ways in which 'bodies' and women's bodies in particular, shape and are affected by mobility, and the ma...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schlagworte:
Emigration and immigration.
Gender identity.
Africa-History.
Ethnography.
Identity politics.
ISBN:9783319657837
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction: Gender and Mobility in Africa: Historical and contemporary perspectives:Reflections and Possibilities
  • 2. Why were the Women left behind? Chinese and Indian Migration in the Indian Ocean Region: A Historical Perspective
  • 3. The migration of women in Tunisia: between tradition and modernity
  • 4. (Re-) negotiating gender identity among Zimbabwean female Pentecostal migrants in South Africa
  • 5. The need of a dialogical approach to narrative research. The case of Somali migrant women living in Johannesburg
  • 6. Migration, mobilities and families: comparative views among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean female refugees
  • 7. Negotiating Culture and Responses to Domestic Violence in South Africa: Migrant Women and Service Providers' Narratives
  • 8. "Who I am depends on who I am talking to"
  • 9. Between Prosecutors and Counselors: State and Non-State Actors in the Rehabilitation of Victims of Human Trafficking in Nigeria
  • 10. Crossing borders, present futures: A study of the life histories of pakistani immigrants in Durban
  • 11. Migration of Senegalese women to Morocco: what do we learn from a gender perspective?
  • 12. Mobile Women: negotiating gendered social norms, stereotypes and relationships
  • 13. Social Control in Transnational Families: Somali Women and Dignity in Johannesburg
  • 14. Voices on Mothering in the Margins: African Women in Europe online space in focus?
  • 15. Cross-border networking and identity integration: exploring the experiences of Nigerian women immigrants in Cote d'Ivoire
  • 16. Conclusion.

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