Ethnicity, Gender and Social Change

Ethnicity, Gender and Social Change explores the social space occupied by both gender and ethnicity. As recognition of the sociological importance of gender and ethnicity has grown, so has the opportunity for exploring the intersections between them. This volume brings together both theoretical reflections and new research in this key area. For the sociologist this presents a conceptual challenge, while for the individual it may present a series of dilemmas. These are intriguingly traced out in studies which take us from Punjabi families in the UK, to Surinamese migrants in Amsterdam, to Hindu and Muslim women and Black nurses in Britain, the African and Asian diasporas, and gender identity in post-Soviet Latvia.

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Rethinking Ethnicity and Gender; R.Barot, H.Bradley and S.Fenton SECTION ONE: ETHNICITY, GENDER AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE Gender, Ethnicity and Migration: a New Theoretical Approach; A.Phizacklea Ethnicity, Gender and Equality in the NHS; J.Carter ROSCAs, Ethnicity and Strategy: Suriname Creole Women's Saving Clubs in Amsterdam; I.Wetering SECTION TWO: INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE: CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE South Asian Women in Britain, Family Integrity and the Primary Purpose Rule; W.Menski Hindu Widows in Britain: Continuities and Change; S.Firth SECTION THREE: THE SECOND GENERATION: GENDER AND CHANGE South Asian Women and Arranged Marriages in East London; K.Bhopal Cultural Diversity and Religious Conformity: Dimensions of Social Change Among Second-Generation Muslim Women; C.Butler Negotiating Marriage: Young Punjabi Women's Assessment of their Individual and Family Interests; H.Bradby SECTION FOUR: ETHNICITY, IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE Weaving New Lives from an Old Fleece: Gender and Ethnicity in Latvian Narrative; V.Skultans A Creative Discourse: Gender Roles in Ethnic Minority Fiction; H.Kanitkar When the Mirror Speaks: the Poetics and Problematics of Identity Construction for Metisse Women in Bristol; J.Ifekwunigwe Bibliography Index

ROHIT BAROT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol. He has carried out fieldwork studying the Swaminarayan movement and migrations and group formation among south Asians in Bristol. His most recent publication is The Racism Problematic: Contemporary Sociological Debates on Race and Ethnicity.

HARRIET BRADLEY is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Bristol University. She has written extensively on women's work and has an interest in studying the interaction of gender with class and ethnicity. Her publications include Fractured Identities, and a forthcoming book about gender and trade unions, Gender and Power in the Workplace.

STEVE FENTON is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department at University of Bristol, Department of Sociology. He has researched and published in the general field of ethnicity and health and with specific reference to minorities, culture and mental health. He is currently part of a team engaged on an ESRC funded project on ethnicity, socio-economic position and health under the Health Variations Programme.