Beyond breadwinning:Ghanaian transnational fathering in the Netherlands
This article probes how gender norms and male migrants' legal and socio-economic position shape transnational fathering amongst Ghanaian-born fathers, residing in the Netherlands, who have one or more children living in Ghana. Drawing on ethnographic research with Ghanaian transnational fathers, this article compares fathers' attitudes and actual practices. In conformity with cultural expectations of fatherhood in Ghana, the men in this study primarily addressed their paternal role in terms of financial support for their families as 'breadwinners'. Alongside breadwinning responsibilities, howe... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Poeze , M 2019 , ' Beyond breadwinning : Ghanaian transnational fathering in the Netherlands ' , Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , vol. 45 , no. 16 , pp. 3065-3084 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1547019 |
Schlagwörter: | AMERICANS / African migration / CARE / FAMILIES / GENDER / LIVES / MIGRANTS / MIGRATION / MOBILITY / MOTHERHOOD / RESPONSIBILITY / Transnational fathers / border crossing / family breadwinning / immigration control / CHILDREN / LIFE |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27206248 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/6ec3fab7-1539-4a28-ba4b-3e189d4e1c8f |