Dodging The Chores. Indian Immigrant Families Abd Household Work Flashcards
1
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Individual level
A
Socialization, identities
2
Q
Interactional level
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Cultural expectations; taken for granted situational meaning
3
Q
Institutional level
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Distribution of material advantage, formal organization schemas, ideological discourse
4
Q
Concept/lenses
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Interactional level
5
Q
Male led migration
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High tech workers on skilled workers visas and dependent wives
6
Q
Female led migration
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Nurses on work visas and dependent husbands
7
Q
Caveat
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The men were not comfortable with their wives doing the housework not because they were sensitive to the gender dynamics but because they felt this did not suit their class status- back in India they could afford help
8
Q
Compensatory femininities
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Interactional level as a reaction to the gender role reversal at the institutional level
