Narrating marriage
Negotiating practices and politics of belonging of Afghan return migrants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7802136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marieke Van Houte (0000-0002-8140-4618, International Migration Institute, Department for International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, corresponding author), Tine Davids (Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 631-649 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.2017.1287489 |
| OpenAlex | W2586141629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article explores Afghan return migrants’ strategies and constraints to identify with the different spaces of belonging they encountered, through their expressions and practices of marriage. We take an in-depth approach to the life histories of 35 voluntary and involuntary Afghan returnees from European countries. We find that in narrating and performing different marriage practices, some Afghan return migrants construct fixed boundaries between different spaces of belonging, while others try to construct these boundaries as permeable and hybrid. Gender and mobility strongly define the way in which return migrants narrate and perform marriage as a cultural practice that determines who belongs, who wants to belong and who is able to belong. We conclude that while openly negotiating hybrid practices within a delicate theme such as marriage requires careful negotiation of boundaries, mobility can improve the extent to which return migrants can apply inventive and hybrid identifications for their personal needs and desires
Afghan · Construct (python library · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |