Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City
Unlike other studies of ‘distance maternity’ in transnational families, this article will examine the situation of mothers who stay with their children in the absence of their partners involved in long-distance migration. It seeks to understand how the experience of being a mother is transformed by...
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Groupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire
2016-06-01
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| description | Unlike other studies of ‘distance maternity’ in transnational families, this article will examine the situation of mothers who stay with their children in the absence of their partners involved in long-distance migration. It seeks to understand how the experience of being a mother is transformed by reviewing various dimensions: models of maternity, practices, representations of self. It focuses on Mexican families living in working class neighbourhoods in order to analyze the impact in urban areas. Based on an ethnographic study carried out in Mexico with indigenous families, the article highlights several factors in the shifting parental roles within the couple and the family: intergenerational conflicts relating to the definition of norms of maternity, involvement of individuals in ethnic social relationships, geographic dispersal of the family and diversity of characteristic areas of socialization in the city. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-52b7c9d8a94b45379035b682e55ef2532025-01-10T14:54:06ZspaGroupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et MémoireLes Cahiers ALHIM1628-67311777-51752016-06-013110.4000/alhim.5489Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico CityAnna PerraudinUnlike other studies of ‘distance maternity’ in transnational families, this article will examine the situation of mothers who stay with their children in the absence of their partners involved in long-distance migration. It seeks to understand how the experience of being a mother is transformed by reviewing various dimensions: models of maternity, practices, representations of self. It focuses on Mexican families living in working class neighbourhoods in order to analyze the impact in urban areas. Based on an ethnographic study carried out in Mexico with indigenous families, the article highlights several factors in the shifting parental roles within the couple and the family: intergenerational conflicts relating to the definition of norms of maternity, involvement of individuals in ethnic social relationships, geographic dispersal of the family and diversity of characteristic areas of socialization in the city.https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5489genderinternational migrationtransnational familymigrations from the citiesMexico City |
| spellingShingle | Anna Perraudin Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City Les Cahiers ALHIM gender international migration transnational family migrations from the cities Mexico City |
| title | Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City |
| title_full | Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City |
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| title_short | Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City |
| title_sort | being a transnational mother while staying at home migrants wives in mexico city |
| topic | gender international migration transnational family migrations from the cities Mexico City |
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