`Motherhood, Migration and Care' Unravelling Gender Inequality and Looking for Agency in Azumiatla, Puebla
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2019-08-16
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Theories on gender discourses in the context of migration suggest that they would
change and become more egalitarian. While most scholars analysing these changes
focus on structural changes in the lives of migrants, my contributions to this body
of literature lie in focusing on individual agency in transnational discourses on care.
I focus on the agency of Mexican migrant mothers, who lived in the United States
and returned to their home in Azumiatla, Puebla. By unravelling discourses with
the gender lens and operationalising agency by using the concept of social navigation,
I show how the women's agency is manifested: Not only in acting in a way
that opposes traditional gendered practices, but in using and stretching traditional
ideals.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen