Gender and Migration in Southern Europe: Women on the Move

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The important role women play in the process of migration to the Western bloc - and in particular to Southern Europe where they often find jobs in the domestic service, tourist or sex industries - has been increasingly recognized. This timely book provides essential new insights into the forms of migration and the impact of gender relations on the migration and accommodation process, and also raises general conceptual issues about ways of understanding migration in a global context. At a time when all the member states of the European Union have called for a reduction in immigration in response to its steady growth, the urgency of the topic is apparent. Contributors examine the possible legal, social and economic problems that increased immigration may produce, including: - female migration and its relation to changing gender relations in the country of migration; - different forms of exclusion faced by male and female migrants; working conditions and status; - migrant networks; - and women's role in reproducing and maintaining ethnic culture.This book will be essential reading for courses in migration, nationalism, Mediterranean and area studies, gender studies and a range of social science courses. It will also be of use to policy makers and those interested in European developments. Contents Acknowledgements List of contributors 1 Introduction: Women on the Move in Southern Europe • Floya Anthias and Gabriella Lazaridis 2 Metaphors of Home: Gendering New Migrations to Southern Europe • Floya Anthias 3 Filipino and Albanian Women Migrant Workers in Greece: Multiple Layers of Oppression • Gabriella Lazaridis 4 The Making of Periphractic Spaces: The Case of Albanian Undocumented Female Migrants in the Sex Industry of Athens • Iordannis Psimmenos 5 Female Migrants in Italy: Coping in a Country of New Migration • Victoria Chell 6 Migrant Women in Italy: National Trends and Local Perspectives • Marina Orsini-Jones and Francesca Gattullo 7 Organizing Domestic Workers in Italy: The Challenge of Gender, Class and Ethnicity • Jacqueline Andall 8 Female Birds of Passage: Leaving and Settling in Spain • Natalia Ribas-Mateos 9 The Position and Status of Migrant Women in Spain • Angeles Escriva 10 Trading Intimacy for Liberty: British Women on the Costa del Sol • Karen O’Reilly Index