High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration

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Price
$40.25
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Publish Date
Pages
224
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.72 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780295743554

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About the Author

Amy Bhatt is associate professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the coauthor of Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

"An intimate look into the world of IT sector workers from India who live and work in places like Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland and Seattle . . . highlights the calculated decisions many of these young families make to ensure their own financial stability and maintain connections with both U.S. and India."

-- "International Examiner"

"intimate look into the world of IT sector workers from India who live and work in places like Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland and Seattle in Washington state."

-- "International Examiner"

"Bhatt's ethnographic study illustrates in detail the lived reality of the men, women and children who make up this population of transmigrants - moving from India to the US, back to India and oftentimes back again to the States. Whilst focusing on the gendered dimension of these movements, the book presents a broader context of how personal and professional expectations and aspirations are affected by legal frameworks, family demands and considerations about future migrations. . . . [a] rich empiracal work."

-- "Ethnic and Racial Studies (ERS)"