{"product_id":"racialized-migrant-women-in-canada-essays-on-health-violence-and-equity-paperback-softback-9780802096050","title":"Racialized Migrant Women in Canada; Essays on Health, Violence and Equity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802096050","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRacialized Migrant Women in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Health, Violence and Equity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVijay Agnew (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802096050\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite legislative guarantees of equality, immigrant women in Canada often experience many forms of prejudice in their everyday lives. \u003cem\u003eRacialized Migrant Women in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing interdisciplinary approaches drawn from the areas of sociology, law, health studies, and political science, the essays in this volume cover diverse topics such as the social construction of Muslim women, access to health care, and violence against women. The contributors base their work not only in cities with large immigrant populations but also in areas less densely populated with immigrants, revealing regional disparities in regard to economic opportunity and social services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cem\u003eVijay Agnew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Immigrant Women and Violence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Complicity of the Public State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women \u003cem\u003eJanet E. Mosher \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Violence in Immigrant Familes in Halifax \u003cem\u003eBarbara Cottrell, Carmen Celina Moncayo, and Evangelia Tastoglou\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Immigrant Women and Health\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Gender, Migration and Health \u003cem\u003eArlen Bierman, Farah Ahmad, and Farah Mawani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Policy (In)Action: Policy-Making, Health and Migrant Women \u003cem\u003eDenise L. Spitzer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Review of Health and Policy Research on Older Immigrants \u003cem\u003eIto Peng and Margot Lettener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reaching Out and Scaling Up: The Dynamics and Relevance of Migrant Women's Social Capital \u003cem\u003eBilkis Vissandjé, Alisha Apale, and Saskia Wieringa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Immigrant Women and Equity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Immigrant Women and Earnings Equality in Canada \u003cem\u003eMonica Boyd and Jessica Yiu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Migrant Muslim Women's Intersts and the Case of \"Shari'a\" Tribunals in Ontario \u003cem\u003eAnnie Bunting and Shado Mokhtari\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Haitian-Canadians' Experiences of Racism in Quebec: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective \u003cem\u003eLouise Racine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Challenging Gendered and Ethno-Racial Assumptions in Organizing for Housing Rights in Montreal \u003cem\u003eJill Hanley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545914732824,"sku":"9780802096050","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/racialized-migrant-women-in-canada-essays-on-health-violence-and-equity-paperback-softback-9780802096050","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}