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Experiences of migration as a space for reflection: renegotiating gender roles in family relationships
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Abstract "Based on biographical narrative interviews with three migrant women, the article discusses how migration experiences can lead to a reflection of gender roles. In the three cases, there are various motivations for migration, different family arrangements and work experiences throughout the migration... view more
"Based on biographical narrative interviews with three migrant women, the article discusses how migration experiences can lead to a reflection of gender roles. In the three cases, there are various motivations for migration, different family arrangements and work experiences throughout the migration process, and also a change of roles of the women within their families. For the interview partners, the access to material resources achieved partly under great sacrifice and the possibility to compare different life contexts and gender regimes triggered an ambivalent process of reflection on gender relations. Their reorganization of gender relations can be rather incomplete or require strong legitimization upon return; it can also be transmitted as a project for the next generation to complete." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
migration; migrant; woman; gender relations; gender role; labor migration; motivation; family; chain migration; social status; life situation; job situation; reflexivity
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 97-113
Journal
Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 15 (2014) 1-2
Issue topic
Socialization, family, and gender in the context of migration
ISSN
2196-2146
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed