The migration–development nexus: Rendering migrants as transnational financial subjects through housing

Zapata, Gisela P.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.03.010

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“…The subject of money has become a key concern for many transnational migration scholars, not least for the potential of remittances as a source of finance for sending countries (Zapata 2013), but in particular the role of foreign earnings and remittances in transnational (dis)connections. In addition to giving weight to the social dimensions of flows of money accompanying international migration, we are also reminded that 'people make every effort to embed money in particular times, places, and social relations' (Zelizer 1994, 18).…”

Section: Marriage Migration Men's Narratives and The 'Gendering' Of mentioning

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Still ‘breadwinners’ and ‘providers’: Singaporean husbands, money and masculinity in transnational marriages

Cheng

Yeoh

Zhang

2014

Gender, Place & Culture

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As international marriages continue to be on the rise around the world, and in East and Southeast Asia in particular, there is an increasing need for more focused studies on the phenomenon. While the extant literature has paid attention to the complex dynamics of marital intimacies through a 'gender-sensitive' lens, the experiences of men are still largely under-examined. This article considers the gendered and classed subjectivities of Singaporean husbands who have married Vietnamese wives and focuses on 'money' as a key vehicle through which the men are able to construct masculinities in the spaces of transnational marriage and family. We argue that these non-migrant men engage with transnational processes and practices strategically in order to reclaim respectable and honourable masculine status. In doing so, they dislodge themselves from the idiom of 'failed masculinity' commonly ascribed to men who seek foreign spouses, but at the same time reproduce dominant models of masculinity predicated on 'breadwinning' and 'providing'. This article draws on the narratives of 20 Singaporean Chinese men from a range of social backgrounds to demonstrate the endurance of money and economic potency in the performance of masculinities.

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Section: Marriage Migration Men's Narratives and The 'Gendering' Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

Still ‘breadwinners’ and ‘providers’: Singaporean husbands, money and masculinity in transnational marriages

Cheng

Yeoh

Zhang

2014

Gender, Place & Culture

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“…In her treatment of transnational migrants as financial subjects through housing, Zapata (2013) highlights trust as significant to migrants who own a house in the country of origin. In her treatment of transnational migrants as financial subjects through housing, Zapata (2013) highlights trust as significant to migrants who own a house in the country of origin.…”

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“…Four sources directly addressed the issue of trust as a factor, while one showed that without trusted caretakers, the maintenance of a house could be mismanaged (Smith and Mazzucato 2009). Three sources indicated that transnational migrant homeowners tend to trust their parents, who then become heavily involved in house related activities and transnational interventions (Grant 2007;Smith and Mazzucato 2009;Zapata 2013). One respondent in Smith and Mazzucato's (2009) study on transnationally constructing homes in Ghana indicated that it can be difficult to find trustworthy people when abroad, so close friends are often called upon to act as caretakers.…”

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“…In that much of the home-building and maintenance process involves on-site activities and decisions, trust is a crucial ingredient in executing the necessary actions. In her treatment of transnational migrants as financial subjects through housing, Zapata (2013) highlights trust as significant to migrants who own a house in the country of origin. One participant explains that every issue and aspect related to building and caring for the house she owns is done through her mother, who acts not only as caretaker but also as her proxy for bureaucratic and legal matters.…”

Section: Trustmentioning

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Expanding transnational care networks: comparing caring for families with caring for homes

Schaab

Wagner

2019

Global Networks

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Although many factors may motivate a migrant to own a house in their country of origin, significant practical labour is needed to maintain it, as both a material structure intended for shelter and as a symbolic object reflecting attachment to a place of origin. Most research in this area focuses on the significance accorded to transnational houses by their owners and families connoted by the ‘myth of return’, but little attention has been given to how the labour of ownership – constructing, maintaining, overseeing and improving the house – is accomplished. In the light of emerging studies on the care labour that remittance houses require, this article suggests a theoretical framework for studying networks of transnational house maintenance on three dimensions of care – trust, communication, and remittances – observed in networks for transnational family care provisions. A review of literature on transnational home ownership indicates that these dimensions are also present, with some differences in application.

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“…The global network of transnational labor is a form of bottom-up globalization that provides fully viable global opportunities for millions of people around the world [19] (despite the relatively small amount of capital involved by individuals) and has played a crucial role in the operation of the global economic system [20]. The globalization practice of transnational labors (including remittance and investment [21] is largely derived from the strong interaction between transnational labors and their domestic family members or their home countries, which transfers funds from the countries where transnational labors are located to their home countries [12], thus promoting the economic growth of the home countries (mainly developing countries).…”

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Multiple Dynamic Mechanisms of Globalization: Alternatives to Capitalism

2019

Sustainability

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As one of the most striking topics in the contemporary world economy, the discussion on globalization seems to take capitalism as the main dynamic mechanism for its practice process, i.e., capital-driven globalization. Although many researchers have proposed other alternative solutions that are crucial to the development of globalization, relevant research is still very insufficient. Based on this point, this study aims to explore the driving forces, action mechanisms, manifestations, and influences of the contemporary globalization process in a more comprehensive way, particularly focusing on the dynamic mechanisms of globalization other than capitalism, and trying to explain the interaction between various dynamic mechanisms. Overall, this paper summarizes three major (but not all) dynamic mechanisms of the contemporary globalization: capital-driven, state-driven, and inter-state cooperation-driven. These three dynamic mechanisms act on different spaces in different ways, exert different influences, and have profound interactive relations on the process of globalization. By showing a more comprehensive picture of globalization, this study attempts to explain the existing alternatives to capital-driven globalization, and encourages a more in-depth discussion of anti-globalization and regional integration as alternative options for globalization from the perspective of internal operation mechanism.

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The migration–development nexus: Rendering migrants as transnational financial subjects through housing

Cited by 25 publications

References 45 publications

Still ‘breadwinners’ and ‘providers’: Singaporean husbands, money and masculinity in transnational marriages

Still ‘breadwinners’ and ‘providers’: Singaporean husbands, money and masculinity in transnational marriages

Expanding transnational care networks: comparing caring for families with caring for homes

Multiple Dynamic Mechanisms of Globalization: Alternatives to Capitalism

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