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The Resilient Self

- Gender, Immigration, and Taiwanese Americans

About The Resilient Self

Explores how international migration re-shapes women's senses of themselves. Chien-Juh Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women, who, in turn, negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780813586052
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 208
  • Published:
  • January 21, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 140x216x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 255 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 19, 2024

Description of The Resilient Self

Explores how international migration re-shapes women's senses of themselves. Chien-Juh Gu uses life-history interviews and ethnographic observations to illustrate how immigration creates gendered work and family contexts for middle-class Taiwanese American women, who, in turn, negotiate and resist the social and psychological effects of the processes of immigration and settlement.

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