This edited volume uses a feminist approach to explore the economic implications of the complex interrelationship between gender and time use. Household composition, sexuality, migration patterns, income levels, and race/ethnicity are all considered as important factors that interact with gender...

Gender and recessionary culture / Diane Negra and Yvonne Tasker -- Escaping the recession? The new vitality of the woman worker / Suzanne Leonard -- "Latina wisdom" in "postrace" recession media / Isabel Molina-Guzmán -- "We are all workers": economic crisis, masculinity, and the american...

Women migrants are doubly-disadvantaged by their sex and outsider status when moving to a new country. Highly skilled women are no exception to this rule. This book explores the complex relationship between gender and high-skill migration, with a special focus on the impact of the current...