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The Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program.
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| 著者・編者 | Banerjee, Pallavi, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (New York U. Pr., US) |
| 出版年月 | 2022.03 |
| ページ数 | 304 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜671-1941 671-913＞ |
解説
Winner, 2024 Global Sociology Book Award, given by the Canadian Sociological Association
Winner of the 2024 Silver Medal for the Canada West Non-Fiction category, given by The Independent Publisher Book Award
Winner of the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America's Book Award on Asian America
Honorable Mention, 2024 Social Science Category Book Awards, given by the Association for Asian American Studies
Honorable Mention, 2022 Betty and McClung Lee Book Award, given by the Association for Humanist Sociology
Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and families
The Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Comparing two distinct groups of Indian immigrant families -families of male high-tech workers and female nurses-Pallavi Banerjee reveals how visa policies that are legally gender and race neutral in fact have gendered and racialized ramifications for visa holders and their spouses.
Drawing on interviews with fifty-five Indian couples, Banerjee highlights the experiences of high-skilled immigrants as they struggle to cope with visa laws, which forbid their spouses from working paid jobs. She examines how these unfair restrictions destabilize-if not completely dismantle-families, who often break under this marital, financial, and emotional stress.
Banerjee shows us, through the eyes of immigrants themselves, how the visa process strips them of their rights, forcing them to depend on their spouses and the government in fundamentally challenging ways. The Opportunity Trap provides a critical look at our visa system, underscoring how it fails immigrant families.