For the good of the family
Migratory strategies and affective language in Portuguese migrant letters, 1870s–1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12447199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcelo J Borges (0000-0003-4176-2477, corresponding author), Marcelo Borges (0000-0002-5069-9740, Dickinson College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 368-397 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The History of the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1081602x.2016.1208620 |
| OpenAlex | W2548204605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
Labor migration was a common strategy for Portuguese families at the turn of the twentieth century. Correspondence provided a vehicle to keep families connected and a space to sustain and recreate their relationships and emotional bonds. This article analyzes the language of call letters, a particular type of family letter written by migrant men to call their wives and children to join them abroad. In particular, it examines the ways in which migrant husbands and their wives adapted to living in transnational households and to changing roles at home and abroad. It shows how family strategies of migration were discussed within narrative frameworks of family and marital love and duty, by making use of a variety of arguments that combined discourses of both material and emotional well-being. The discussion is based on the narrative patterns, recurrent themes, and argumentative strategies of a corpus of over 2200 letters. Discussions of marital duty, loyalty, and reciprocity contributed to a language of affect built on narratives of responsibility and dependability that reinforced the idea of migration as a family project
Affect (linguistics · Argumentative · Duty · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Portuguese · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Sociology · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Travel Writing and Literature
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |