Raising citizens in ‘mixed’ family setting: mothering techniques of Filipino and Thai migrants in Belgium
As states increasingly regulate ‘mixed’ family formation, self-positioning has become central to the lives of migrant spouses, including women. To understand this process, the present article investigates the mothering techniques of Filipino and Thai migrant women in Belgium, that is, the decisions, actions and ways of being they consciously enact in response to state policies ‘here’ and/or 'there' to secure the mother–child bond in space and time. Interviews and observations reveal these women’s main techniques: obtaining Belgian nationality for themselves, prioritising a single nationality (... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Schlagwörter: | Sociologie / Sciences politiques auxiliaires / Etudes-femmes / mothering techniques / 'mixed' family / transnational consciousness / national belonging / social incorporation / citizenship |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26600660 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/274553 |