Family Migration and the Path to an Occupation
Chieh Hsu
Gebundenes Buch

Family Migration and the Path to an Occupation

The (Early) Experiences of Skilled Taiwanese and Chinese 'Wives'

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This book sheds light on the invisible early post-arrival period of female family migrants, traditionally considered to be low skilled or professionally quiescent. With attention to the experiences of Chinese and Taiwanese women married to German men, it examines the ways in which the private sphere-marked by intermarriage couple dynamics and native-foreigner relations-constitutes the main locus of women's socialization in the host country, as interactions with their intimate partners in the family realm shape both their self-conceptions and their employment intentions. Based on interviews wit...