personal and collective transformations in Eastern European migration
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Cvajner, Martina
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- Z EUR 8 2019
- Thesaurus
- migratie, immigranten, huishoudelijke arbeid, identiteit, USSR, Italië, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Ethnographic research about the transformation in the lives of female immigrants from former Soviet republics. The study analyzes the individual and collective lives of middle-aged women who migrated to Italy to work as care workers. The author describes the women's experiences of migration, from arriving in a new country alone to remaking themselves for their new environment.