Feminism and migration : cross-cultural engagements

311 Pages·2012·2.607 MB·English

by  Glenda Tibe Bonifacio

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Feminism and Migration
Cross-Cultural Engagements
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Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
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This work is dedicated to the women
who ventured beyond their countries of
origin—to see the world and its hope for
enduring humanity; to survive so that others
may live; to embrace the uncertainties
of fate; and to see through the gains of
returning and leaving—all in the hope
of making a difference.
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio

Acknowledgements
This book collection is a product of a collective effort. It would not have been pos-
sible to complete an international project without the support, cooperation, and
patience of all contributors. To them, I owe much thanks and appreciation for a
fruitful year journey.
A wonderful group of people helped me in many ways to see this project through.
Bev Garnett for her superb administrative skills and warm friendship; Leanne
Wehlage for easing other tasks in my department; my colleagues in the University
of Lethbridge—Joanne Fiske, Carol Williams, Dayna Daniels, Suzanne Lenon,
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl, Catherine Kingfi sher, Heidi MacDonald, Jan Newberry,
Jennifer Mather, Jacqueline Preyde, and Bonnie Lee—for the immeasurable sup-
port I received from all of you which makes Lethbridge a special place to be; and
Evelien Bakker and Bernadette Deelen-Mans at Springer for their guidance along
the way.
With all of life’s challenges in time and in different places, I am deeply indebted
to my family for always being there for me. To my husband, Ike, for the understand-
ing and great love for over 25 years; my two youngest daughters, Czyna and
Charithe, for the support in the domestic front and friendship beyond the biological

bonds; my three university students’ daughters, Charmaine, Czarina, and Charelle,
for picking up some tasks in the heap of paper trails, and for reminding me that you
have your own journeys to make.
Above all, to the Supreme Being, who has many names across cultures but One
who surely knows what comes next, for giving me the strength to persevere through
diffi cult moments.
To all of you, my loudest Thank you!
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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 1
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
Part I Theorizing Feminisms in Migration
2 Intersectional-Gender and the Locationality of Women
“in Transit” .............................................................................................. 17
MariaCaterina La Barbera
3 Synergies Between Feminist Thought and Migration Studies
in Mexico (1975–2010) ............................................................................ 33
Gail Mummert
4 Fragmented Migrant (Her)Stories: Multi-sited Ethnography
and Feminist Migration Research ......................................................... 61
Luna Vives
Part II Contesting Identities and Agency

5 Japanese Single Mothers in Australia: Negotiation
with Patriarchal Ideology and Stigma in the Homeland ..................... 81
Jun Nagatomo
6 Migrant Women in Belgium: Identity Versus Feminism ..................... 101
Nouria Ouali
7 Transgression into ‘Hidden’ Feminism: Immigrant Muslim
Woman from India .................................................................................. 123
Shweta Singh
8 Encountering Differences: Iranian Immigrant Women
in Australia .............................................................................................. 149
Maryam Jamarani
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9 Transnational Experiences of Eastern European
Women and Feminist Practices After 1989 ........................................... 165
Cezara Crisan
Part III Resistance and Social Justice
10 Transnational Working-Class Women’s Activism
in New York’s Confederated Hispanic Societies
(1939–1977) .............................................................................................. 187
Montse Feu
11 (Im)migrant Women’s Work in France and Brazil:
Towards Social Recognition and Social Justice .................................... 209
Maria Inacia D’Ávila Neto, Annick Durand-Delvigne,
and Juliana Nazareth
12 Building Alliances: Greek and Migrant Women
in the Anti-racist Movement in Athens ................................................. 227
Alexandra Zavos
13 Feminist Desires, Multi-culturalist Dilemmas:
Migrant Women’s Self-organizing in Milan ......................................... 243
Laura Menin
Part IV Religion for Change
14 ‘Sister Agnes was to go to Ghana in Africa!’ Catholic
Nuns and Migration ................................................................................ 265
Katharina Stornig
15 Exploring the Activism of Immigrant Muslim Women
in Chicago: Continued Frontiers of Engagement ................................ 283
Jackleen M. Salem

Index ................................................................................................................. 303