Gender and Ethnicity in Contemporary Europe

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Also avail. in cloth. Review Quotes: "Jaqueline Andall's edited collections is a useful contribution to attempts at redressing the neglect of the many crossover points, fusions and tensions between gender, ethnicity and class. It focuses primarily on ethnic minority women in EU countries in order to raise them into greater public visibility and give greater recognition to their experience as individuals and as women. The book as a whole provides just the kind of detailed understanding needed to help dissolve predjudices and efface th eold stereotypes of both gender and race." --"Journal of Contemporary European Studies"Biographical Note: Jacqueline Andall is Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Bath. Her research interests are on migration, domestic work, gender and youth. She has recently published a monograph, Gender, Migration and Domestic Service: The Politics of Black Women in Italy (Ashgate 2000). Her current research is on the emergence of a second generation in Italy. Umut Erel completed her PhD in Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University. Her thesis was on 'Subjectivity and Agency in the Life Stories of Migrant Women from Turkey in Britain and in Germany'. Her research interests are on gender, ethnicity, migration and racism, citizenship and cultural theory. She is currently co-editing a book on gender and migration with Mirjana Morokvasic and Kyoko Shinozaki entitled Gender on the Move! Crossing Borders Shifting Boundaries. Raminder Kaur, is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is the co-editor of Travel Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics (1999) and author of A Trunk full of Tales: Performative Politics and Hinduism in Western India (forthcoming). Cathie Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow at the International Development Centre, University of Oxford. She is working on the relationship between conflict and globalization with particular reference to North Africa, and has published on antiracism. Her most recent publications are Rethinking Antiracism (co-edited with Floya Anthias, Routledge) and a special issue of Oxford Development Studies on 'The Global and the Local: The Cultural Interfaces of Self-Determination Movements'. Sonia Parella is Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). Her PhD thesis on immigrant women and domestic service in Spain will be published by Ed. Anthropos-Barcelona. She is also researcher at CEDIME (Centre d'Estudis sobre Migracions i Minories etniques) and has published several articles and book chapters on migration. Annie Phizacklea is Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. Her main research interests are on migration, gender and work. Recent publications reflecting this are Transnationalism and the Politics of Belonging (with Sallie Westwood) and Gender and International Migration in Europe (with Eleonore Kofman, Pavartic Raghuram and Rosemary Sales) both Routledge. Carlota Sole is Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She has published 23 books. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Space Between @ Gender Politics and Immigration Politics in Europe -Jacqueline Andall Part I: Gender, Ethnicity and Migration 1. Gendered Actors in Migration - Annie Phizacklea 2. Hierarchy and Interdependence: The Emergence of a Service Caste in Europe - Jacqueline Andall 3. Migrant Women in Spain: Class, Gender and Ethnicity - Carlota Sole and Sonia Parella Part II: Gender, Ethnicity and Political Mobilization 4. South Asian Women and Collective Action in Britain - Ravi K. Thiara 5. Women Migrants and Political Activism in France - Cathie Lloyd Part III: Gender, Ethnicity and Islam 6. Shifting Meanings of Islam and Multiple Representations of Modernity: The Case of Muslim Women in Italy - Ruba Salih 7. 'Nowadays Your Husband is Your Partner': Ethnicity and Emancipation as Self-Presentation in the Netherlands - Joke van der Zwaard 8. Gendered and Racialized Experiences of Citizenship in the Life Stories of Women of Turkish Background in Germany - Umut Erel Part IV: Gender, Ethnicity and Identity 9. Mother Russia: Changing Attitudes to Ethnicity and National Identity in Russia's Regions - Anne White 10. Westenders: Whiteness, Women and Sexuality in Southall, UK. - Raminder Kaur IndexPublisher Marketing: Contemporary Europe is in the midst of a cultural and social crisis. Debates over how European societies should respond to their changing ethnic profile lie at the heart of this crisis, whilst the issues raised have been given sharper focus by nationalist political parties espousing an anti-immigration agenda. This book examines the relationship between gender and ethnicity in Europe, viewed from within an immigration framework. To date, much of the research on Europe has treated gender and ethnicity in isolation. The contributors to this collection rectify this. They make the links between these two areas thus giving ethnic minority women greater visibility within the European context. They consider the relationship between gender and ethnicity from a number of thematic perspectives including the feminization of migration, political mobilization by ethnic minority women, women and Islam and the formation of identity. The case studies examine Islamic cultures in Italy, Turkish identity in Germany, the political experience of South Asian women in the UK, migrant women in Spain, challenges to the social reputation of Muslim women in the Netherlands, evolving perceptions in Post-Communist Russia and political activism in France. The book also considers white women's identity and questions whether or not a service caste, drawn from contemporary migrant women, is emerging in today's Europe. Throughout, we learn about the new and different forms of 'Europeanness' that these women are forging. Contributor Bio:  Andall, Jacqueline Jacqueline Andall is Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Bath. Her research interests are on migration, domestic work, gender and youth. She has recently published a monograph, Gender, Migration and Domestic Service: The Politics of Black Women in Italy (Ashgate 2000). Her current research is on the emergence of a second generation in Italy. Umut Erel completed her PhD in Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University. Her thesis was on 'Subjectivity and Agency in the Life Stories of Migrant Women from Turkey in Britain and in Germany'. Her research interests are on gender, ethnicity, migration and racism, citizenship and cultural theory. She is currently co-editing a book on gender and migration with Mirjana Morokvasic and Kyoko Shinozaki entitled Gender on the Move! Crossing Borders Shifting Boundaries. Raminder Kaur, is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is the co-editor of Travel Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics (1999) and author of A Trunk full of Tales: Performative Politics and Hinduism in Western India (forthcoming). Cathie Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow at the International Development Centre, University of Oxford. She is working on the relationship between conflict and globalization with particular reference to North Africa, and has published on antiracism. Her most recent publications are Rethinking Antiracism (co-edited with Floya Anthias, Routledge) and a special issue of Oxford Development Studies on 'The Global and the Local: The Cultural Interfaces of Self-Determination Movements'. Sonia Parella is Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). Her PhD thesis on immigrantwomen and domestic service in Spain will be published by Ed. Anthropos-Barcelona. She is also researcher at CEDIME (Centre d'Estudis sobre Migracions i Minories etniques) and has published several articles and book chapters on migration. Annie Phizacklea is Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. Her main research interests are on migration, gender and work. Recent publications reflecting this are Transnationalism and the Politics of Belonging (with Sallie Westwood) and Gender and International Migration in Europe (with Eleonore Kofman, Pavartic Raghuram and Rosemary Sales) both Routledge. Carlota Sole is Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She has published 23 books. Contributor Bio:  Berg Publishers Jacqueline Andall is Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Bath. Her research interests are on migration, domestic work, gender and youth. She has recently published a monograph, Gender, Migration and Domestic Service: The Politics of Black Women in Italy (Ashgate 2000). Her current research is on the emergence of a second generation in Italy. Umut Erel completed her PhD in Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University. Her thesis was on 'Subjectivity and Agency in the Life Stories of Migrant Women from Turkey in Britain and in Germany'. Her research interests are on gender, ethnicity, migration and racism, citizenship and cultural theory. She is currently co-editing a book on gender and migration with Mirjana Morokvasic and Kyoko Shinozaki entitled Gender on the Move! Crossing Borders Shifting Boundaries. Raminder Kaur, is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is the co-editor of Travel Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics (1999) and author of A Trunk full of Tales: Performative Politics and Hinduism in Western India (forthcoming). Cathie Lloyd is Senior Research Fellow at the International Development Centre, University of Oxford. She is working on the relationship between conflict and globalization with particular reference to North Africa, and has published on antiracism. Her most recent publications are Rethinking Antiracism (co-edited with Floya Anthias, Routledge) and a special issue of Oxford Development Studies on 'The Global and the Local: The Cultural Interfaces of Self-Determination Movements'. Sonia Parella is Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). Her PhD thesis on immigrantwomen and domestic service in Spain will be published by Ed. Anthropos-Barcelona. She is also researcher at CEDIME (Centre d'Estudis sobre Migracions i Minories Etniques) and has published several articles and book chapters on migration. Annie Phizacklea is Professor of Sociology at Warwick University. Her main research interests are on migration, gender and work. Recent publications reflecting this are Transnationalism and the Politics of Belonging (with Sallie Westwood) and Gender and International Migration in Europe (with Eleonore Kofman, Pavartic Raghuram and Rosemary Sales) both Routledge. Carlota Sole is Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She has published 23 books.