To date, most research on immigrant women and labor forces has focused on the participation of immigrant women on formal labor markets. In this study, contributors focus on informal economies such as health care, domestic work, street vending, and the garment industry, where displaced and undocumented women are more likely to work. Because such informal labor markets are unregulated, many of these workers face abusive working conditions that are not reported for fear of job loss or deportation. In examining the complex dynamics of how immigrant women navigate political and economic uncertainties, this collection highlights the important role of citizenship status in defining immigrant women's opportunities, wages, and labor conditions. Contributors are Pallavi Banerjee, Grace Chang, Margaret M. Chin, Jennifer Jihye Chun, H/u00e9ctor R. Cordero-Guzm/u00e1n, Emir Estrada, Lucy Fisher, Nilda Flores-Gonz/u00e1lez, Ruth Gomberg-Munoz, Anna Romina Guevarra, Shobha Hamal Gurung, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Mar/u00eda de la Luz Ibarra, Miliann Kang, George Lipsitz, Lolita Andrada Lledo, Lorena Mu/u00f1oz, Bandana Purkayastha, Mary Romero, Young Shin, Michelle T/u00e9llez, and Maura Toro-Morn.

Book Information
ISBN 9780252037573
Author Nilda Flores-Gonzalez
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Illinois Press
Publisher University of Illinois Press