Gender, Religion, and Migration: Pathways of Integration - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0739133144 ISBN 13 : 9780739133149

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2011

Synopsis

Gender, Religion and Migration is the first multidisciplinary collection on the intersection of gender and religion in the integration of different groups of immigrants, migrant workers, youths, and students in host societies in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. It investigates the linkages and tensions between religion and integration from a gendered perspective. By examining the contemporary significance of religion in the context of global migrations, the fifteen research-based essays provide new insights and perspectives on the often missed link between the differing ways in which male and female immigrants find meanings of faith-beliefs and religious traditions to belong in foreign lands, even residents' faith-based activism involving illegal migrants. While religion provides mechanisms for negotiating immigrant life in the host countries, it also inhibits integration of immigrants especially in countries where the majority religion is different. This dual phenomenon of religion promoting and inhibiting integration is critically examined in the lives of Filipinos, Brazilians, Indians, Polish, Mexicans, Vietnamese, Kenyans, Nigerians, and Middle Eastern peoples. The book also engages various theories on gender, religion and migration and demonstrates the fluidity of gender construction as people cross borders.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Glenda Tibe Bonifacio is assistant professor of women's studies at University of Lethbridge.

Vivienne SM. Angeles is assistant professor of religion at La Salle University and co-editor of Identity in Crossroads Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia.

Hugo Córdova Quero is an Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies at Starr King School for the Ministry, USA. He is also the Director of the think-tank, Institute Sophia. He is a
member of the research groups Emerging Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Religion Scholars and the
Queer Migrations Research Network.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739133144
• ISBN 13: 9780739133149
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Éditeur: Angeles Vivienne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible