Cinzia Solari

Cinzia Solari is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her first book, On the Shoulders of Grandmothers: Gender, Migration, and Post-Soviet Nation-State Building (Routledge, 2018) is a global ethnography that compares two grandmother-led migration patterns from Ukraine to Italy and to California to show how post-Soviet Ukraine is being built from the outside.

Education and career

Solari earned her bachelor’s degree in History and Italian Studies from Brown University. She earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California Berkeley. Currently she is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Published works

Books

• On the Shoulders of Grandmothers: Gender, Migration, and Post-Soviet Nation-state Building. Routledge (2018 ISBN 9781138707047) See reviews here.

Peer Reviewed Articles

• (with Radhakrishnan, Smitha) "Empowered Women, Failed Patriarchs: Neoliberalism and Global Gender Anxieties." Sociological Compass (2015) 9:784-802.
• “‘Prostitutes’ and ‘Defectors’: How the Ukrainian State Constructs Women Emigrants to Italy and the USA. The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2014) 40:1817-1835
• “Resource Drain vs. Constitutive Circularity: Comparing the Gendered Effects of Post-Soviet Migration Patterns in Ukraine.” Anthropology of East Europe Review 28 (2010): 215-238
• "Transnational Politics and Settlement Practices: Post-Soviet Immigrant Churches in Rome." American Behavioral Scientist 49 (2006b):1528-1553.
• "Professionals and Saints: How Immigrant Careworkers Negotiate Gendered Identities at Work." Gender & Society 20 (2006a): 301-331.

Book chapters

• "Theorizing the Ukrainian Case: Pushing the Boundaries of Migration Studies." in Transformation of Ukrainian Migration to the European Union: Insights and Lessons, edited by F. Olena and K. Marta: Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2016, Pp. 215-227.
• “Gendered Global Ethnography: Comparing Migration Patterns and Ukrainian Emigration.” In Migrant Marginality: A Transnational Perspective, edited by Philip Kretsedemas, Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, and Glenn Jacobs. New York: Routledge, 2013, Pp. 133-147.
• “Between ‘Europe’ and ‘Africa’: Building the New Ukraine on the Shoulders of Migrant Women.” In Mapping Difference: The Many Faces of Women in Ukraine, edited by Rubchak, Marian J. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011, Pp. 23-40.
• “Between ‘Europe’ and ‘Africa’: Building the New Ukraine on the Shoulders of Migrant Women.” In Mapping Difference: The Many Faces of Women in Ukraine, edited by Rubchak, Marian J. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011, Pp. 23-40.
• "Professionals and Saints: How Immigrant Careworkers Negotiate Gendered Identities at Work." (Reprinted) In Citizenship and Immigrant Incorporation: Comparative Perspectives on North America and Western Europe, edited by Bodemann, Michal and Gokce Yurdakul. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, Pp. 185-212.

Social Media

• Twitter @CinziaDSolari
• On the Shoulders of Grandmothers interview

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