Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives

Download or read book Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives written by Evangelia Tastsoglou and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized around the broad themes of women's labor, community activity, and identity as their organizing concept, Women, Gender, and Diasporic Lives intersects these issues with the concerns of ethnicity, class, generation, and masculinity. The country-specific case studies reveal women's intentionality and agency in labor, in building community institutions, and in negotiating and re-defining their identities. The broad range of contributor backgrounds make this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in gender, diaspora, labor, or modern Greek studies