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The redefinition of gender roles in immigrant women: the importance of local spaces in global processes
Martha Judith Sánchez GómezInmaculada Serra Yoldisubject
Sociology and Political ScienceGlocalizationmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesImmigrationGender studiesContext (language use)language.human_language0506 political scienceEmpirical researchAction (philosophy)050903 gender studies050602 political science & public administrationlanguageBulgarianSociology0509 other social sciencesSocial structureSocial capitalmedia_commondescription
ABSTRACTIn today’s complex, intercultural, transnational, glocalized world, linking conceptual analyses and theoretical representations to the empirical study of female migration also requires, among other aspects, acknowledging the importance of the arrival context in the redefinition of gender roles, since it operates as an area of opportunity or containment mainly due to a number of specific features, which interacts with women’s economic, cultural and social capital, to produce different results in the situation of migrant women. The context of arrival and the subjects, conceived of as actors inserted in social structures where they have scope for action, is the focus of our analysis. This article addresses this issue through the study of two cases of migrant women in different contexts. One of the women is a Mexican migrant who settled in Sonoma County California in the US, and the other a Bulgarian who arrived in Ribera del Duero in the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon in Spain. The research...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-02 | International Review of Sociology |