Ethnicity, Gender and Social Change

1. Front Matter

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2. Rethinking Ethnicity and Gender

   1. Rethinking Ethnicity and Gender

      • Rohit Barot, Harriet Bradley, Steve Fenton

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3. Ethnicity, Gender and Economic Disadvantage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Gender and Transnational Labour Migration

      • Annie Phizacklea

      Pages 29-44

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   3. Ethnicity, Gender and Equality in the NHS

      • John Carter

      Pages 45-59

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   4. Roscas, Ethnicity and Strategy: Suriname Creole Women’s Saving Clubs in Amsterdam

      • Ineke Van Wetering

      Pages 60-77

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4. Institutions and Culture: Continuities and Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. South Asian Women in Britain, Family Integrity and the Primary Purpose Rule

      • Werner Menski

      Pages 81-98

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   3. Hindu Widows in Britain: Continuity and Change

      • Shirley Firth

      Pages 99-113

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5. The Second Generation: Gender and Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. South Asian Women and Arranged Marriages in East London

      • Kalwant Bhopal

      Pages 117-134

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   3. Cultural Diversity and Religious Conformity: Dimensions of Social Change Among Second-generation Muslim Women

      • Charlotte Butler

      Pages 135-151

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   4. Negotiating Marriage: Young Punjabi Women’s Assessment of Their Individual and Family Interests

      • Hannah Bradby

      Pages 152-166

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6. Ethnicity, Identity and Narrative

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Weaving New Lives From an Old Fleece: Gender and Ethnicity in Latvian Narrative

      • Vieda Skultans

      Pages 169-190

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   3. A Creative Discourse: Gender Roles in Ethnic Minority Fiction

      • Helen Kanitkar

      Pages 191-205

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   4. When the Mirror Speaks: The Poetics and Problematics of Identity Construction for Métisse Women in Bristol

      • Jayne Ifekwunigwe

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7. Back Matter

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Ethnicity, Gender and Social Change explores the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity. As recognition of the sociological importance of gender and ethnicity has grown, so has the opportunity for exploring the intersections between them. This volume brings together both theoretical reflections and new research in this key area. For the sociologist this presents a conceptual challenge, while for the individual it may present a series of dilemmas. These are intriguingly traced out in studies which take us from Punjabi families in the UK, to Surinamese migrants in Amsterdam, to Hindu and Muslim women and Black nurses in Britain, the African and Asian diasporas, and gender identity in post-Soviet Latvia.

• Familie
• gender
• gender roles
• Generation
• identity
• Institution
• migration
• social change
• sociology
• women

• Department of Sociology, University of Bristol, UK

  Rohit Barot, Harriet Bradley, Steve Fenton

ROHIT BAROT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol. He has carried out fieldwork studying the Swaminarayan movement and migrations and group formation among south Asians in Bristol. His most recent publication is The Racism Problematic: Contemporary Sociological Debates on Race and Ethnicity.

HARRIET BRADLEY is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Bristol University. She has written extensively on women's work and has an interest in studying the interaction of gender with class and ethnicity. Her publications include Fractured Identities, and a forthcoming book about gender and trade unions, Gender and Power in the Workplace.

STEVE FENTON is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department at University of Bristol, Department of Sociology. He has researched and published in the general field of ethnicity and health and with specific reference to minorities, culture and mental health. He is currently part of a team engaged on an ESRC funded project on ethnicity, socio-economic position and health under the Health Variations Programme.

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