Gender and Mobility

A Critical Introduction

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations, Social Science, Gender Studies
Cover of the book Gender and Mobility by Elina Penttinen, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Anitta Kynsilehto, Rowman & Littlefield International
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Author: Elina Penttinen, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Anitta Kynsilehto ISBN: 9781786602695
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International Publication: May 24, 2017
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International Language: English
Author: Elina Penttinen, Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Anitta Kynsilehto
ISBN: 9781786602695
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Publication: May 24, 2017
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International
Language: English

Our world is characterized by mobility. The number of refugees on the global scale has increased considerably. Meanwhile border control measures and legal avenues for mobility have been severely curbed, and the political climate has become all the more violent against racialized and gendered “Others”. Business elites traverse the fast-track lines to financial hubs and tourists discover new destinations. Ageing societies need people from abroad to perform care work. Domestic workers carve out nearer and further paths to reach employment, often leaving their family members behind in need of care.

This book examines global mobilities from gendered perspectives, asking how gender together with race/ethnicity, social class, nationality and sexuality shape globally mobile lives. By developing analysis that cuts through economic structures, policies and individuals enacting agency, the book demonstrates how intersectional feminist analysis helps to comprehend uneven mobilities. Through multidisciplinary angle the book draws examples from different parts of the world and refuses to provide easy answers. Calling for students, scholars and general readers alike, the book invites the reader to imagine and relate to the world in manifold ways.

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Our world is characterized by mobility. The number of refugees on the global scale has increased considerably. Meanwhile border control measures and legal avenues for mobility have been severely curbed, and the political climate has become all the more violent against racialized and gendered “Others”. Business elites traverse the fast-track lines to financial hubs and tourists discover new destinations. Ageing societies need people from abroad to perform care work. Domestic workers carve out nearer and further paths to reach employment, often leaving their family members behind in need of care.

This book examines global mobilities from gendered perspectives, asking how gender together with race/ethnicity, social class, nationality and sexuality shape globally mobile lives. By developing analysis that cuts through economic structures, policies and individuals enacting agency, the book demonstrates how intersectional feminist analysis helps to comprehend uneven mobilities. Through multidisciplinary angle the book draws examples from different parts of the world and refuses to provide easy answers. Calling for students, scholars and general readers alike, the book invites the reader to imagine and relate to the world in manifold ways.

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