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Migrant Women in Britain; Legal Rights, Cultural Constraints?: A Study of Five Novels by Female Migrant Authors - Couverture souple

Beheshti, Sahar Marzieh

 
9783848427918: Migrant Women in Britain; Legal Rights, Cultural Constraints?: A Study of Five Novels by Female Migrant Authors
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848427915 ISBN 13 : 9783848427918
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In the eyes of most modern legal systems today men and women are equal and are given equal rights. As a result, the contemporary woman has many rights that were denied her ancestors. Though the modern woman has more doors open to her - resulting in more freedom of choice - dilemmas still exist between her 'traditional' and 'modern' roles for which she has to make decisions on a day to day basis. This struggle between what is expected of her traditionally and what she has the possibility and legal rights to do, though present in the lives of all women in some degree or another, is more evident when the woman is put into a setting in which her culture and the law of the land are quite different from one another. Such is the case of women who have moved to Great Britain from Islamic countries, resulting in an encounter with a different culture and the gaining of a new legal status. Supposing new legal rights bring more freedom of choice, what could prevent a migrant woman from exercising a right that is hers? The answer to this question lies in culture and cultural identity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the eyes of most modern legal systems today men and women are equal and are given equal rights. As a result, the contemporary woman has many rights that were denied her ancestors. Though the modern woman has more doors open to her - resulting in more freedom of choice - dilemmas still exist between her 'traditional' and 'modern' roles for which she has to make decisions on a day to day basis. This struggle between what is expected of her traditionally and what she has the possibility and legal rights to do, though present in the lives of all women in some degree or another, is more evident when the woman is put into a setting in which her culture and the law of the land are quite different from one another. Such is the case of women who have moved to Great Britain from Islamic countries, resulting in an encounter with a different culture and the gaining of a new legal status. Supposing new legal rights bring more freedom of choice, what could prevent a migrant woman from exercising a right that is hers? The answer to this question lies in culture and cultural identity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in the Azerbaijani city of Tabriz in Persian dominated Iran, Sahar learnt about acculturation from an early age. Returning from a 4-year period in Australia, she started teaching English in Iran aged 13. Upon completing a B.A degree in English Literaure, Sahar moved to Berlin to do a master's course in British Studies with focus on culture.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848427915
ISBN 13 
9783848427918
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
80
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