Culture, class, and work among Arab-American women / Jenn̓an Ghazal Read.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:New Americansالناشر:New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2004وصف:vii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 159332006X (hbk)
- E184.A65 R43 2004
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E184.A65 R43 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000099895 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E184.A65 R43 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000099896 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and index.
1. Introduction -- Statement of the Problem -- Origins of Diversity: Arab-American Immigration -- Research Objectives -- Organization of the Study -- 2. Theoretical Significance of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Structural and Cultural Explanations of Ethnic Diversity -- The Evolution of Ethnic and Gender Studies: Recognizing Intraethnic Diversity -- Summary -- 3. The Case for Arab Americans -- Determinants of Arab-American Women's Labor Force Activity -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- 4. Arab-American Women in Comparative Perspective -- U.S. Census Data -- Arab-American Survey Data -- Immigrant Selectivity and Arab-American Women's Success -- Cultural and Class Diversity -- The Impact of Nativity: Variations in Cultural Assimilation -- Challenging Myths of U.S. Muslim Women -- Portrait of an Achieving Ethnic Population -- 5. Determinants of Arab-American Women's Economic Achievements -- Ties that Bind: Ethnic Homogamy, Religiosity, and Women's Employment -- Cultural Influences on Labor Force Commitment -- Gender Traditionalism's Cultural Underpinnings -- Education, Occupation, and Women's Earnings -- Summary -- 6. Conclusion -- Women's Achievements and the Universal Sisterhood -- The Gendered Consequences of Culture -- Summary and Future Research.