The Opportunity Trap : : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program / / Pallavi Banerjee.
Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and familiesThe 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 Ind...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 11 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Anatomy of State-Imposed Dependence
- 1. The Visa Regime: Indian Migration and the Interplay of Race and Gender
- 2. Model Migrants and Ideal Workers: How Visa Laws Penalize and Control
- 3. Beholden to Employers: Gendered and Racialized Dependence
- 4. At Home: Dependent Spouses and Divisions of Labor
- 5. Transcultural Cultivation: A New Form of Parenting
- Conclusion: Dismantling Dependence
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Demographics of 25 Families of Tech Workers
- Appendix B: Demographics of 30 Families of Nurses
- Appendix C: The Four Main Visa Categories
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author