Worker-Mothers on the Margins of Europe: Gender and Migration between Moldova and Istanbul

Author:   Leyla J. Keough
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253020932


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 February 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Worker-Mothers on the Margins of Europe: Gender and Migration between Moldova and Istanbul


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Following Moldovan women who ""commute"" for six to twelve months at a time to work as domestics in Istanbul, Worker-Mothers on the Margins of Europe explores the world of undocumented migrants from a postsocialist state. Leyla J. Keough examines the gendered moral economies that shape the perspectives of the migrants, their employers in Turkey, their communities in Moldova, and the International Organization for Migration. She finds that their socialist past continues to color how the women view their labor and their roles within their families, even as they are affected by the same shifts in the global economy that drive migration elsewhere. Keough puts scholarship on gender and migration into dialogue with postsocialist studies and offers a critical assessment of international anti-trafficking efforts.

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Author:   Leyla J. Keough
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780253020932


ISBN 10:   025302093
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction 1. The ""Returns"" of Mobile Mothers 2. Uplift in Gagauz Yeri 3. Desiring a New Domestic 4. Working in Istanbul 5. Managing Migration Conclusion: Driven Women"

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"""Anyone interested in the phenomenon of migration, particularly the gender dynamics of international migration and the politics of 'trafficking' in an era of globalization, will find this book an invaluable contribution... This is ethnography at its best."" -Kristen Ghodsee, Bowdoin College"


Anyone interested in the phenomenon of migration, particularly the gender dynamics of international migration and the politics of 'trafficking' in an era of globalization, will find this book an invaluable contribution.... This is ethnography at its best. Kristen Ghodsee, Bowdoin College


Anyone interested in the phenomenon of migration, particularly the gender dynamics of international migration and the politics of 'trafficking' in an era of globalization, will find this book an invaluable contribution... This is ethnography at its best. -Kristen Ghodsee, Bowdoin College


Author Information

Leyla J. Keough is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies at Hampshire College and a former Wilson Center research scholar.

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