Intersectionality, Class And Migration: Narratives Of Iranian Women Migrants In The U.k. (the Politics Of Intersectionality)
by Mastoureh Fathi /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book offers critical analysis of everyday narratives of
Iranian middle class migrants who use their social class and
careers to "fit in" with British society. Based on a
series of interviews and participant observations with two cohorts
of "privileged" Iranian migrant women working as doctors, dentists
and academics in Britain―groups that are usually absent from
studies around migration, marginality and intersectionality―the
book applies narrative analysis and intersectionality to critically
analyse social class in relation to gender, ethnicity, places and
sense of belonging in Britain. As concepts such as "Nation,"
"Migrant," "Native," "Other," "Security," and "Border" have
populated public and policy discourse, it is vital to explore
migrants’ experiences and perceptions of the society in which they
live, to answer deceptively simple questions such
as "What does class mean?"
This book offers critical analysis of everyday narratives of
Iranian middle class migrants who use their social class and
careers to "fit in" with British society. Based on a
series of interviews and participant observations with two cohorts
of "privileged" Iranian migrant women working as doctors, dentists
and academics in Britain―groups that are usually absent from
studies around migration, marginality and intersectionality―the
book applies narrative analysis and intersectionality to critically
analyse social class in relation to gender, ethnicity, places and
sense of belonging in Britain. As concepts such as "Nation,"
"Migrant," "Native," "Other," "Security," and "Border" have
populated public and policy discourse, it is vital to explore
migrants’ experiences and perceptions of the society in which they
live, to answer deceptively simple questions such
as "What does class mean?"and
and"How
is class translated in the lives of migrants?"
"How
is class translated in the lives of migrants?"
