The Blurred Boundaries of Migration
Transnational Flows of Women Domestic Workers from Kerala to UAE
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10940169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bindhulakshmi Pattadath (0000-0003-2178-7546, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-108 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-0857 • E-ISSN: 0976-3538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049085719901076 |
| OpenAlex | W3014956198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
Based on an ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the lives of women domestic workers who have migrated from Kerala to the United Arab Emirates, this article attempts to examine the broad institutional framework within which transnational migration is negotiated. The article focusses on the negotiating practices women adopt while moving between different legal systems within the institutional framework that defines their nature of migration. This article analyses the life-story narratives of women domestic workers and tries to understand the construction of their particular gendered subject positions within the transnational activities. The purpose is to move beyond the binary logic of legal and illegal migration to understand the grey areas of transnational migration. Is it possible to move beyond the state when state and non-state activities are not clearly demarcated and not mutually exclusive? How do we study the non-state activities which contribute to the construction of particular gendered subjects along with the state’s own production of gendered subjects and citizenship
Citizenship · Domestic work · Ethnography · Narrative · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala
The Hopeful and Resilient Maids
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |