Immigrant Women and Feminism in Italy

’Wendy Pojmann’s book is an excellent study on immigrant women and feminism for all those interested in the political situation of immigrant women in Italy and also for feminists around the world looking at the impact of globalization on women's movements and feminism in general. In an engagingly clear narrative Pojmann presents the complex factors determining immigrant women's lives in Italy through her highly original and deeply committed feminist analysis.’ Wendy Harcourt, Editor of Development and Chair of Women in Development Europe, Rome, Italy ’Wendy Pojmann illuminates one of the most pressing issues facing European states today by calling attention to the specific conditions that women experience as immigrants and migrants in Western Europe. Her sensitive and insightful exploration of the relationship between immigrant and migrant women's associations and Italian feminist organizations demonstrates immigrant and migrant women's agency and also points to the importance of European-level initiatives to address the problems they face in the absence of national-level solutions.’ Laura L. Frader, Northeastern University, USA ’Scholars have long recognized Italy's feminist movement as distinctive. Wendy Pojmann asks what happens when feminists face challenges of gender, race, class, and nation at home rather than abroad. Italian feminists have responded slowly to the agendas of the immigrant women who clean their homes and offices and care for their children and parents. That cultural boundaries can be crossed daily without producing intimacy among women is an important lesson.’ Donna R. Gabaccia, University of Minnesota, USA ’Wendy Pojmann links two critical areas of scholarship--immigration and feminism--in a path breaking case study of Italy. Her work offers a model for similar studies throughout Europe, indeed throughout the world.’ Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University, USA ’...represents a milestone in the literature on female migr