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Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration and Feminist Psychology Also by Oliva M. Espín LATINA REALITIES: Essays on Healing, Migration, and Sexuality WOMEN CROSSING BOUNDARIES: A Psychology of Immigration and Transformations of Sexuality LATINA HEALERS: Lives of Power and Tradition REFUGEE WOMEN AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives (co-author r ) FEMINIST GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATIONS: Asian-American Women in Therapy (co-author r ) FEMINIST THERAPY WITH LATINA WOMEN: Personal and Social Voices (co-authorr ) SIN OR SALVATION: The Interplay of Sexuality and Spirituality in Psychotherapy (co-author r ) Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration and Feminist Psychology Edited by Oliva M. Espín San Diego State University, USA and Andrea L. Dottolo Rhode Island College, USA and Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA Selection, introduction and editorial content © Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. 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A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. To Oliva’s grandmothers, whose individual histories of multiple migrations during the nineteenth century defined a particular destiny for her along with her interest in the losses and gains that result from living far from home. To Andrea’s ancestors from Italy, many of whom she never met, and to their descendants, who are with her always, in ways she is still discovering. To all immigrant women who have struggled and will struggle, thrive and persevere. And to their descendants, who have and will negotiate and integrate their pasts into a livable present and future. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Notes on Contributors xii Introduction 1 Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo Part I Place, Race, Memory and Migration Introduction to Part I 25 Andrea L. Dottolo and Oliva M. Espín 1 A Geography of Memory: A Psychology of Place 29 Oliva M. Espín 2 Exploring Intersections of Privilege and Oppression for Black and Asian Immigrant and US Born Women: Reaching across the Imposed Divide 54 Karen L. Suyemoto and Roxanne A. Donovan Part II Work, Social Class and “Traditional” Gender Roles Introduction to Part II 79 Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo 3 Work and Gender Roles among East Asian Immigrant Women in the United States 83 Pei-Wen Winnie Ma and Munyi Shea 4 “Good Asian Moms”: Engendering the Model Minority Myth among Indian Immigrant Working Women 104 Sundari Balan and Ramaswami Mahalingam 5 Being a Woman, a Muslim, and an Afghan in the USA : Dilemmas of Displacements 123 Huma Ahmed-Ghosh Part III Violence, Resistance and Resilience Introduction to Part III 145 Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo vii viii Contents 6 Women, Political Violence and Migration: Feminist and Clinical Issues in the Asylum Process 150 Diya Kallivayalil 7 Sexual Violence in an Immigrant Context: South Asian Women in the United States 167 Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Anmol Satiani and Neha Patel 8 Supporting Transgender Immigrant Latinas: The Case of Erika 190 Danielle Quintero, Alison Cerezo, Alejandro Morales and Stephanie Rothman 9 A Study of Immigrant Latina Survivors of Domestic Violence: Becoming Líderes Comunitarias (Community Leaders) 206 Josephine V. Serrata, R. Lillianne Macias, Alvina Rosales, Rebecca Rodriguez and Julia L. Perilla Part IV Intergenerational Impact of Migration Introduction to Part IV 227 Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo 10 Assessing and Redressing Effects of Second-Class Citizenship upon US Citizen Daughters of Undocumented Immigrants 233 Gabrielle Stutman and Peggy Brady-Amoon 11 Intergenerational Narratives of Migration and Acculturation: Ni de aquí ni de allá 252 Sandra Mattar and María Teresa Pestana 12 Negotiating Identity for Young Adult Women from Immigrant Families: Expectations, Opportunities and Challenges 269 Karen Kisiel Dion 13 Legacies of Migration: Italian American Women, Food and Identityy 281 Andrea L. Dottolo and Carol Dottolo Conclusion 302 Oliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo Index 309 Acknowledgments This book is a collective work in more than one way. It would have never come to light without the contribution of all the chapter authors. We start by thanking them for their scholarship and for sharing their stories and experiences in these pages. We thank them for their dedica- tion and their persistence that have made the creation of this collection possible. Many other people have also contributed to making this book a reality. Linda Beckman originally encouraged us to write again about immi- grant women from feminist psychological perspectives. We thank the anonymous reviewers whose comments strengthened our introduc- tion and proposal and clarified our thinking. Their belief in this work sustained and encouraged us. Susan Cayleff, our colleague and friend, has always been supportive of our academic and personal endeavors. Our past and present students have taught us much. Their questions and challenges have been an inspiration throughout our teaching careers. I (Oliva) want to thank Andrea for the many long and helpful conver- sations and her unwavering friendship. Her collaboration and energy through the life of this undertaking have been invaluable. Her faith in this project strengthened my own. The Women’s Studies Department at San Diego State University has been my academic home for 25 years. My colleagues in the department, past and present, as well as colleagues from the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University in San Diego and San Francisco, respectively, have provided stimulating conversa- tions and challenging opportunities. Members of my writers’ group – Sheryl Tempchin, Lillian Faderman, Janice Steinberg, Anne Marie Welsh, Carolyn Marsden and Abigail Padgett – have encouraged me over several years to write about memory and language. Nery, my sister, has shared many life experiences with me and knows my history better than anyone else. I have learned from the migration experiences and struggles of many women, such as Virginia Aponte, Esther Rothblum, Lourdes Rodríguez-Nogués, Raquel Matas and Krizia Puig. They have been by my side and cheered me on at different points ix x Acknowledgments in my life. Many of my therapy clients and other women immigrants I have met through the years have also increased my understanding of what migration entails for women. My stalwart friends Natalie Porter and Ellyn Kaschak have encouraged my work through several decades. Students in my courses on women’s experience of migration and LGBT issues in migration have helped me refine my thinking on these topics. Finally, I want to thank Jane Via and Nancy Corran, the women priests in my church, Mary Magdalene Apostle Catholic Community, for their strength and courage, their clarity of thought and their support and nourishment of my spiritual and personal journey. I (Andrea) first and foremost thank Oliva Espín, without whom this book would not be possible. The hours of conversations of collabora- tion, commiseration and creativity between us on this project continu- ally remind me of how much of my thinking is a product of Oliva’s dedication, insight and generosity. There are theories and terms that will forever live in my head with a Cuban accent. She has always insisted that I can and should do this work, even when so many others said I could not. There are no adequate ways to describe what her friendship and mentorship have taught me about what could be imagined for my possible selves. This project has also traveled with me among different institu- tional homes where several individuals and groups provided encour- aging support. I would like to thank the Social Issues and Narrative Methodologies Research Study Groups, especially Rahel Wasserfall and Ellen Rovner – my fellow “foodies” – at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University for their incisive comments, enthusiasm and academic support. And to our fearless leader, Shula Reinharz, whose guidance and direction have served as a model for me and so many others. Rhoda Unger has been a kind and thoughtful mentor, whose stories and actions of bold and keen feminist courage instruct and inspire me. Meg Bond, Julie Nash and Mignon Duffy were compassionate beacons of light and hope, and they had an unexplained faith in me.