All Work Is Cultural Work

Nikita Carney is an assistant professor of sociology at Bentley University in Waltham, MA.

• Introduction 11 Haiti in a Global Context 222 Social Ties and Complex Inclusion in the Nation 343 Gendered Race and Ethnicity Across Borders 564 Gender Roles and Work, In and Out of the Home 755 Gendered Work and Work as Independence906 All Work Is Cultural Work 105Conclusion 113Afterword 118Appendix A Methodological Appendix 121Appendix B Overview of Interview Participants 125Acknowledgments135Notes 137References 151Index 000

"A brilliant cultural analysis and a meticulous ethnography that reshapes our understanding of migration, labor, and belonging. In this nuanced transnational study, Carney illuminates how diasporic Haitian women in Boston, Montreal, and Paris navigate the intersections of race, gender, class, and paid labor to forge cultural citizenship across borders. This book offers a pathbreaking contribution to sociology and the broader social sciences by challenging conventional paradigms of migration and citizenship, revealing how work itself becomes a profound act of cultural production and resistance. This is essential reading for scholars of migration, culture, labor studies, gender, and race." - Victor M. Rios, author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys"We truly need more intersectional work on immigrant women's experiences in the United States, and in All Work is Cultural Work, Nikita Carney does a fantastic job of laying out arguments about cultural citizenship, national belonging, and culture work, and she provides such an important contribution to academic literature by showing how these women are active agents." - Celeste Vaughan Curington, author of Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal (Rutgers University Press)