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Fathering and Gender: Transformation in Zimbabwean Transnational Families

Vaterschaft und Gender: Transformation in transnationalen simbabwischen Familien
Paternidad y transformación de género en familias zimbabuenses transnacionales
[journal article]

Chereni, Admire

Abstract

Migration research in Southern Africa has paid little attention to migrant men's involvement in the family, including their emotional and cognitive work, as well as associated gender transformations. Based on a qualitative study of six Zimbabwean migrant fathers in Johannesburg and three non-migrant... view more

Migration research in Southern Africa has paid little attention to migrant men's involvement in the family, including their emotional and cognitive work, as well as associated gender transformations. Based on a qualitative study of six Zimbabwean migrant fathers in Johannesburg and three non-migrant women in Zimbabwe, this article argues that transnational migration at once presents opportunities for and obstacles to the reconstitution of gender-normative forms of parental involvement in migrant families. The analysis of the narratives of migrant men and their spouses demonstrates that, although maternal and paternal roles may become considerably indistinct in the context of transnational separations, non-migrant women may emphasize gender-normative expectations in their negotiations with distant fathers when faced with huge responsibilities at home. Such negotiations tend to reinforce gender-normative parenting in transnational split families. (author's abstract)... view less


Die südafrikanische Migrationsforschung hat der Beziehung von Migranten zu ihren Familien und insbesondere den emotionalen und kognitiven Aspekten dieser Beziehung im Lichte von Gender-Transformation bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Ausgehend von einer qualitativen Studie, an der sechs simbabw... view more

Die südafrikanische Migrationsforschung hat der Beziehung von Migranten zu ihren Familien und insbesondere den emotionalen und kognitiven Aspekten dieser Beziehung im Lichte von Gender-Transformation bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Ausgehend von einer qualitativen Studie, an der sechs simbabwische Migranten, die in Johannesberg leben, und drei derer in Simbabwe verbliebenen Frauen teilnahmen, versuche ich zu zeigen, welche Potenziale und Hemmnisse aus transnationaler Migration für die Rekonstitution gender-normativer Beziehungen in solchen Familien erwachsen: Die Analyse der Interviews mit den Migranten und ihren Frauen verdeutlichte, dass Letztere -obwohl mütterliche und väterliche Rollenbilder im Zuge transnationaler Trennung immer verschwommen werden- angesichts erheblicher häuslicher Herausforderungen gender-normative Erwartungen an ihre abwesenden Männer richten. Auf diese Weise werden gender-normative Erziehungsstile in diesen transnational getrennten Familien intensiviert. (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
fatherhood; gender; family; migration; migrant; parenting style; transnationality; gender role; motherhood; Republic of South Africa; Zimbabwe; Southern Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; English-speaking Africa; developing country; Africa; interview

Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Migration, Sociology of Migration

Method
empirical; qualitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2015

Page/Pages
21 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16 (2015) 2

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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