Forced transnationalism

Transnational coping strategies and gendered stigma among Jamaican deportees

Bibliographic Data

ID4262879
AuthorsTanya Golash-Boza (0000-0002-1952-175X, University of California, Merced, corresponding author), Tanya Golash‐boza (School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts The University of California at Merced 5200 North Lake Road Merced CA 95343 USA)
Year2014
Volume14
Issue1
Pages63-79
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12013
OpenAlexW2132941030
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited26

Once forcibly returned to their countries of citizenship, how and why do deportees engage in transnational relationships? Through analyses of 37 interviews with Jamaican deportees, I approach the question of why deportees engage in transnational practices and reveal that deportees use transnational ties as coping strategies to deal with financial and emotional hardship. This reliance on transnational ties, however, has two consequences: (1) male deportees who rely on transnational strategies to survive face a gendered stigma because they must relinquish the provider role and become dependants; and (2) the transnational coping strategies serve as a reminder of the shame, isolation and alienation that deportees experience because of their deportation. This consideration of the consequences of transnational relationships sheds light on why some migrants are transnational and others are not

Criminology · Political science · Repatriation · Shame · Sociology · Transnationalism · Clinical Psychology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology