This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration.

Autorentext
JOHN A. ARTHUR is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction and Organization Centering Gender in Intra and Inter-Regional Migration in Africa Passage to America Gender and Forced Migration Gender and the Formation of Transnational Black Immigrant Identities Gender, Migration and Work African Immigrants and Black American Women Second Generation West African Immigrant Girls Fertility Decision-Making Conclusion and Policy Issues References