Introduction = 1
1. Contradictions of Gender When Women Immigrate First = 19
2. Work: Nursing, Women's Networks, and Men "Tied to a Stake" = 39
3. Home: Redoing Gender in Immigrant Households = 77
4. Community: Creating Little Kerala and the Paradox of "Men Who Play" in the Church = 118
5. Transnational Connections: The Janus-Faced Production of an Immigrant Community = 158
6. Conclusions = 197
Appendix 1: Interview Participants by Household Type = 213
Appendix 2: Types of Nursing Jobs = 218
Appendix 3: Transnational Organizational Structure of the Indian Orthodox Church = 220
Notes = 225
References = 237
Index = 251
1. Contradictions of Gender When Women Immigrate First = 19
2. Work: Nursing, Women's Networks, and Men "Tied to a Stake" = 39
3. Home: Redoing Gender in Immigrant Households = 77
4. Community: Creating Little Kerala and the Paradox of "Men Who Play" in the Church = 118
5. Transnational Connections: The Janus-Faced Production of an Immigrant Community = 158
6. Conclusions = 197
Appendix 1: Interview Participants by Household Type = 213
Appendix 2: Types of Nursing Jobs = 218
Appendix 3: Transnational Organizational Structure of the Indian Orthodox Church = 220
Notes = 225
References = 237
Index = 251