Event Title
Indian Immigrant Women and Work: The American Experience
Description
Ramya Vijaya will present perspectives from her recent book “Indian Immigrant Women and Work: The American Experience”, co-authored with WWU Political Science professor Bidisha Biswas. The book investigates the work trajectories and related assimilation experiences of independent Indian women who have chosen their own migratory pathways in the U.S. Narratives about women immigrants tend to be narrow, primarily viewed either as family migrants following the path chosen by men, or victims of desperation, forced into the migrant path due to economic exigencies. This book widens the narrative by focusing on a group of independent, high-skilled women immigrants. Though they may be a relatively privileged and empowered group, their lives intersect with the gender constraints of labor markets in both India and the U.S., which provides a unique perspective to the immigrant assimilation narrative.
Sponsored in part by: The Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, WWU
About the Lecturer: Ramya M. Vijaya is a professor of economics at Stockton University, New Jersey, and while also teaching in the interdisciplinary global studies minor. Her research is in the area of labor markets, globalization and feminist political economy.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
9-11-2016 12:00 PM
End Date
9-11-2016 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Foreign workers, East Indian--United States; Women foreign workers--United States: Women, East Indian--Employment--United State; Women immigrants--Employment--United States
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Immigrant assimilation, Family migrants
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Indian Immigrant Women and Work: The American Experience
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Ramya Vijaya will present perspectives from her recent book “Indian Immigrant Women and Work: The American Experience”, co-authored with WWU Political Science professor Bidisha Biswas. The book investigates the work trajectories and related assimilation experiences of independent Indian women who have chosen their own migratory pathways in the U.S. Narratives about women immigrants tend to be narrow, primarily viewed either as family migrants following the path chosen by men, or victims of desperation, forced into the migrant path due to economic exigencies. This book widens the narrative by focusing on a group of independent, high-skilled women immigrants. Though they may be a relatively privileged and empowered group, their lives intersect with the gender constraints of labor markets in both India and the U.S., which provides a unique perspective to the immigrant assimilation narrative.
Sponsored in part by: The Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, WWU
About the Lecturer: Ramya M. Vijaya is a professor of economics at Stockton University, New Jersey, and while also teaching in the interdisciplinary global studies minor. Her research is in the area of labor markets, globalization and feminist political economy.
