Socialization and gendered biographical agency in a multicultural migration context: the life history of a young Moroccan woman in Germany
Autor/in:
Al-Rebholz, Anil
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 15 (2014) 1-2, S 79-96
Inhalt: "In light of the challenges of globalization, hybridization of cultures, and transnational migration movements worldwide, some central deficits of socialization theory have been identified. As a response to these challenges, the necessity of developing 'biographical socialization research' and a 'subject-oriented socialization theory' are underlined. In this paper, the notion of 'biographical agency', embedded in the social and temporal context of biographies, is proposed to overcome shortcomings of the theories of socialization. Drawing on the concepts of biographical knowledge, biographical work and biographical reflexivity, biographical research can show how individuals develop biographical agency and engage in meaningful social actions within their life courses under the conditions of globalization. On the basis of Samira's case, I will point out the kinds of multiple exclusion/ inclusion mechanisms that operate in multicultural societies, mechanisms produced both by majority and minority groups, and how daughters of migrants can acquire biographical resources through their socialization in multicultural contexts to struggle against hierarchical gender norms, conflicting expectations, and restrictive social sites as well as enlarge their sphere of action." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Migration; migration; internationale Wanderung; international migration; Globalisierung; globalization; Transkulturalität; cross-culturality; multikulturelle Gesellschaft; multicultural society; Sozialisation; socialization; Biographie; biography; gender-specific factors; Geschlechtsrolle; gender role; Identität; identity; Religiosität; religiousness; Migrant; migrant; zweite Generation; second generation; woman; Muslim; Muslim; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; parent-child relationship; Federal Republic of Germany; biographische Methode; biographical method; Forschungsansatz; research approach; Subjektivierung; subjectivation; Intersektionalität; intersectionality; gender norms; biographical resources; multiple belongings
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften, Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung
Becoming women: awareness of migration and double loyalty
Autor/in:
Gigliotti, Miriam; Odasso, Laura
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 15 (2014) 1-2, S 131-146
Inhalt: "Based on two case studies of adolescent daughters of migrant and mixed families in Bavaria (Germany) and in Veneto (Italy), the paper aims to study how the daughters solve the conflicting interactions between the contents of the transmission and of the socialization. Focused mostly on gendered interactions and on a sense of belonging, the reflection investigates if and how structural elements (e.g.: family configuration, national context and migration trajectories of parents) impact on continuity and discontinuity in passing on values and other sets of information. The observation of 'status passages' and 'socio-ecological transitions' in and between private and public spheres thanks to the analysis of life histories are suitable to grasp the specific effects of handing down and its interaction with the socialization over generations. This approach entails the articulation of 'time' (namely the interplay between past and present) and 'space' (namely the private and public spheres) allowing retracing the outline of the 'generational work' that each family performs consciously and unconsciously. In different geographical and socio-cultural contexts as well as in different family patterns, parenting and adolescent dynamics reveal common features. By pointing out the restructuration that adolescence imposes in life courses, we show that it is the meaning given to the parental experience of migration that entails specific form of 'loyalty' due to emotional and juridical (de)nationalized belonging, as well as to previous experiences of socialization and discrimination. The originality of the reflection is connected to the patterns of the families compared. The authors widen the concept of migration classically employed in academia introducing the innovative concept of 'migration of contact'." (author's abstract)
Three women in a city: crossing borders and negotiating national belonging
Autor/in:
Pape, Elise; Takeda, Ayumi; Guhlich, Anna
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 15 (2014) 1-2, S 39-56
Inhalt: "The major theoretical literature has considered the concept of nation primarily from a macro level. This article explores the question of national belonging departing from an individual's point of view, more precisely from the life story of three migrant women. Migration and transnational practices have challenged the perception of the homogeneity of nations, questioning the idea of fixed boundaries, and showing how different national and social forms of belonging may develop simultaneously through migration experience. Drawing on biographical interviews conducted with three migrant women, Amina El Asri, Gule Yildiz and Zuzana Svitá, the present analysis focusses on the construction of national belonging of the women in an intersectional perspective. Mrs. El Asri, Mrs. Yildiz and Mrs. Svitá originate from different countries (respectively Morocco, Turkey and Czechia). They have different social origins and ages, but share the same sex, their residence in the same city in West Germany and the fact that they all have children. The analysis reveals the profound impact of the socio-historical contexts the women come from on their construction of national belonging, but also of age and of transmission processes to their children. It is mainly through passing on their mother tongue and reshaping their conception of national belonging over time that the women manage to establish strong ties to their children, and contribute, by articulating different lines of belonging, to the redefinition of (trans)nation building processes." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Migration; migration; Migrant; migrant; woman; Nation; nation; nationale Identität; national identity; Identitätsbildung; identity formation; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; group membership; gender-specific factors; Intersektionalität; intersectionality; Familie; family; Generation; generation; soziale Herkunft; social background; Bindung; commitment; Federal Republic of Germany; Biographie; biography; biographische Methode; biographical method
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Migration
Transnationale Heiratsprozesse und genderspezifische Auswirkungen räumlicher Distanz, gesetzlicher Regelungen und neuer Kommunikationstechnologie: arrangierte Ehen zwischen Deutschland und der Türkei
Titelübersetzung:Transnational marriage processes and the gendered impact of spatial distance, legal regulations and new communication technologies: arranged marriages between Germany and Turkey
Autor/in:
Straßburger, Gaby; Aybek, Can M.
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 6 (2014) 3, S 110-123
Inhalt: "Dieser Beitrag behandelt drei Faktoren, die den Prozess einer arrangierten Eheschließung beeinflussen, und fragt nach ihren Auswirkungen auf selbstbestimmtes Handeln. Handlungsbedingungen transnationaler Heiratsprozesse werden mit idealtypischen Handlungsbedingungen und Phasenabläufen in einem lokalen Kontext verglichen. Darüber hinaus wird erörtert, inwiefern juristische Vorgaben zur Regelung des Ehegattennachzugs die Dynamik einer transnationalen Paarbeziehung und das Machtverhältnis innerhalb der Partnerschaft beeinflussen können. Abschließend wird diskutiert, auf welche Weise Internet und Mobilfunktechnologie in einem Zeitraum von knapp 20 Jahren das Arrangieren intra-ethnischer Ehen verändert haben. Ausgangspunkt ist eine qualitative Längsschnittstudie zu Heiratsmigration aus der Türkei nach Deutschland (Aybek et al. 2011). Deren Ergebnisse werden mit den Analysen von Straßburger (2003a) zu lokal arrangierten intra-ethnischen Ehen verglichen, die in der ersten Hälfte der 1990er Jahre geschlossen wurden." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This article discusses to what extent three different factors influence the autonomous action of individuals who are part of a marriage arrangement: The conditions found in transnational marriages are first compared to the ideal-typical cycle of stages and conditions in marriages in the local context. Then the question is raised to what extent the current legal conditions regulating the immigration of spouses have an impact on the dynamics of transnational intimate relationships and the balance of power between partners. Finally the article discusses whether and to what extent the development of internet-based or mobile communication technologies over the last two decades has changed the way intraethnic marriages are arranged. The empirical point of departure is a longitudinal qualitative study of marriage migration from Turkey to Germany (Aybek et al. 2011). The results obtained from this project are compared with the analyses done by Straßburger (2003a) on intra-ethnic marriages arranged locally in the first half of the 1990s." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Migration; migration; Heirat; wedding; transnationale Beziehungen; transnational relations; Türkei; Turkey; Federal Republic of Germany; gender-specific factors; Kommunikationstechnologie; communication technology; neue Technologie; new technology; Ausländerrecht; law on aliens; Internet; Internet; Mobilfunk; cellular phone network
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Migration
Milieus, Geschlecht, Migration: zur gesellschaftlichen Organisation von Arbeit bei SpätaussiedlerInnen und türkeistämmigen Deutschen
Titelübersetzung:Milieus, gender, migration: social organization of work among late migrants and Germans of Turkish origin
Autor/in:
König, Andrea; Meise, Stephan
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 22 (2013) 1, S 115-123
Inhalt: Im Beitrag wird die Tragfähigkeit des Milieubegriffs durch einen empirischen Zugang zur Lebenswirklichkeit von Migranten in Deutschland aufgezeigt. Am Beispiel von Spätaussiedlern und türkeistämmigen Deutschen gehen die Verfasser der Frage nach, wie die grundlegenden sozialen Strukturkategorien Milieu, Geschlecht und Migration im Bereich der gesellschaftlichen Organisation von Arbeit in Deutschland mit Teilhabechancen von Frauen mit Migrationshintergrund zusammenhängen. Aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen einer eigenen Studie "Migration - Teilhabe - Milieus", in der unterschiedliche soziale Milieus mit Migrationshintergrund ermittelt und die jeweiligen sozialen und politischen Partizipationschancen von Migranten erforscht worden sind, nehmen sie zwei Aspekte in den Blick: Erstens beschreiben sie von Frauen mit Migrationshintergrund geteilte Benachteiligungen auf dem deutschen Erwerbsarbeitsmarkt. Zweitens explorieren sie, welche milieuspezifischen Unterschiede zwischen den befragten Migranten im Kontext geschlechtsspezifischer Arbeitsteilung bestehen und inwiefern das Geschlechterverhältnis in den verschiedenen ermittelten Milieus unterschiedlich ausgeprägt ist. Da die befragten Migranten vorwiegend in heterosexuellen Paarkonstellationen leben, fokussieren sie sowohl auf Frauen als auch auf Männer und nehmen deren soziale Positionierungen ebenso wie deren milieuspezifische Grundhaltungen zu Geschlechterfragen in den Blick. (ICB2)
Schlagwörter:Federal Republic of Germany; Migrant; migrant; Migration; migration; Migrationspolitik; migration policy; Spätaussiedler; late migrant; Türke; Turk; gender; gender-specific factors; familiale Sozialisation; family socialization; Familie; family; Arbeitsorganisation; work organization; soziale Differenzierung; social differentiation; soziales Milieu; social milieu
SSOAR Kategorie:Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Migration