Book Review: Mehdi R Understanding Gender and Diversity in Europe: Experiences of Migrant Single Mothers in Denmark(Springer Nature Switzerland 2024) ISBN 978-3-031-40892-2; ISBN 978-3-031-40893-9 (eBook)
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https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2025/v28i0a21158Keywords:
Gender, diversity, Danish Pakistani migrant women, individualism, relational collectivism, melange, familism, legalismAbstract
This contribution reviews the book by Mehdi R Understanding Gender and Diversity in Europe: Experiences of Migrant Single Mothers in Denmark (2024). The book explores the varied and intricate encounters of Pakistani migrant women as they navigate European multicultural societies whose normativity is founded on individualism against their traditional collectivist relational approach to family. The study critically analyses the gender notions that single-migrant mothers and women face in a world of competing social and economic theories, namely neoliberalism and neo-conservatism at different generational epochs of migration. Drawing on multiple theoretical and complementary perspectives, it provides deep insights into to lived realities of single migrant women.
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Mehdi R Understanding Gender and Diversity in Europe: Experiences of Migrant Single Mothers in Denmark (Springer Nature Switzerland 2024)
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