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    From the Other Side

    Women, Gender, & Immigrant Life in the U.S., 1820-1990

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    Author(s)
    Gabaccia, Donna
    Collection
    Big Ten Open Books
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    While most histories of immigrants in the United States begin with the experiences of migratory men disguised as genderless humans, From the Other Side instead begins with the experiences of migratory women. But though centered on women, its analysis does not stop with them. Immigrant women cannot be studied apart from men of their own backgrounds, nor apart from American women. As mobile and culturally distinctive outsiders, foreign-born women shared key experiences with foreign-born men, as well as with native-born women who migrated from country to city, poor women who struggled to survive and prosper, and native-born minorities seeking dignity and acceptance as Americans. Immigrants' daughters, in turn, encountered elite majority women eager to guide them toward American-style womanly behavior.
    URI
    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64116
    Keywords
    Women; Immigration
    DOI
    10.2979/FromtheOtherSide
    ISBN
    9780253069177, 9780253209048, 9780253325293, 9780253069177, 9780253069177
    Publisher
    Indiana University Press
    Publication date and place
    Bloomington, 1994
    Grantor
    • Big Ten Academic Alliance - [...] - Big Ten Open Books — Gender and Sexuality Studies Collection - Big Ten Open Books
    Classification
    Gender studies, gender groups
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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