French migrants in Morocco
From a Desire Forelsewherenessto an Ambivalent Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4893907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Therrien (0000-0002-3439-0508, Al Akhawayn University), Chloé Pellegrini (0000-0002-0492-4572, Sup de Co Marrakech) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 605-621 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629387.2015.1065044 |
| OpenAlex | W1723872284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 9 |
Moroccan emigration has been widely studied over the past decades. Recently, sub-Saharan migrant populations have become a new focus for the media, politicians, and academics. However, European migration to Morocco remains little known, despite its potential to significantly transform the Moroccan migratory landscape. This article seeks to analyse this underexplored North–South migration by focusing on migratory paths of French people living in Morocco and on the social implications that arise from their relationships with Moroccan society. In order to enrich the theoretical framework on lifestyle migration, this article analyses the main migratory motives present in these migrants' narratives (better quality of life and desire for elsewhereness) and the reasons these individuals advance to explain their choice to move to Morocco. We address the ambivalence of social relationships between these migrants and Moroccans by analysing the migrants' configurations of home and their strategies of adaptation to the Moroccan professional environment. Ultimately, our findings emphasise the complexity and ambivalence of relationships with the 'Other' in a migratory context and shed light on the North–South migration research field
Ambivalence · Context (archaeology · Emigration · Field (mathematics · Geography · Immigration · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political science · Sociology · French Urban and Social Studies · Gender Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Migration, Identity, and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
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(Un)making illegality
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |