To work or not to work? Immigrant women and work between constraints and opportunities: a comparison between Lombardy and Cataluña

Luca, Deborah De; Carballo, Judith Arrazola

doi:10.1080/03906701.2014.954331

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“…Very few considered divorce to be a rational choice even if they had a clear understanding of their underprivileged statuses in their families. The vast majority of the respondents did not have critical understanding about the power structures that underlay the oppressions they encountered as women in their new lives, where xenophobia and patriarchy collude with and sustain each other (De Luca & Carballo, 2014). While overcoming the anxiety caused by their loss of identities, they referred to and depended on their pre-existing cultural resources of being Chinese more so, rather than those of female gender.…”

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Chinese first, woman second: Social media and the cultural identity of female immigrants

Chen

Tian

Chang

2021

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

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Based on the conceptual framework of digital diaspora, this article explores the role social media plays in the development of migrant cultural identity and its political potential among digital forms. Using in-depth interviews and online observations, it analyzes the motives, purposes, strategies and outcomes of the use of WeChat, a leading Chinese social media platform, by Chinese female immigrants in Switzerland. Through thematic analysis, the article distills three patterns of WeChat usage by these women. Firstly, it notes how they make use of the technological affordances of WeChat to remain connected with their native culture. Secondly, it explains how, after acquisition of economic capital, they are able to forge a steady intersectional identity in their new host country. And finally, it problematizes their strategy to strive for social equality.

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confidence: 98%