Gendering the Diaspora: Zimbabwean Migrants in Britain

Pasura, Dominic (2008) Gendering the Diaspora: Zimbabwean Migrants in Britain. African Diaspora, 1 (1). pp. 86-109. ISSN 1872-5457

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Abstract

This article analyses the performative and lived realities of the Zimbabwean diaspora in Britain. The author explores the way in which both public and private spaces of the diaspora are important arenas in the construction and reconstruction of gendered identities. It is based on multisited ethnography, comprising 33 in-depth interviews and participant observation in four research sites, and draws upon concepts of diaspora and transnationalism as theoretical and analytical frameworks. The findings suggest that the challenges to patriarchal traditions in the hostland in terms of women's primary migrant status and financial autonomy, the different labour market experiences of men and women, and egalitarian laws have caused tensions and conflict within diaspora households. The article examines how men use religious and social spaces, which provide for the affirmation of more traditional roles and relations, as a form of public resistance to changes happening within the domestic sphere.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	Sharon Beastall
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2011 09:27
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2016 10:27
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/9360

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