“The Only Role Available to you is to Conform”: Women’s Migration Stories
this paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of agency and choice migrant women enjoy and the strategies they seek to expand them. Other topics discussed refer to the dominant migration ideology...
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doaj-7063de70101142629e741651f0e30fd62020-11-24T22:00:08ZengSciendoGender Studies1583-980X2286-01342015-12-0114120922310.1515/genst-2016-0013genst-2016-0013“The Only Role Available to you is to Conform”: Women’s Migration StoriesNicolaescu Mădălina0English Department, University of Bucharest, Romania, 4-12, Regina Elisabeta Blvd. București 030018, Romaniathis paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of agency and choice migrant women enjoy and the strategies they seek to expand them. Other topics discussed refer to the dominant migration ideology in the source country as well as the restrictions writers have in dealing with more problematic aspects.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2015.14.issue-1/genst-2016-0013/genst-2016-0013.xml?format=INTagencyEastern Europe migrant womenRomania |
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this paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of agency and choice migrant women enjoy and the strategies they seek to expand them. Other topics discussed refer to the dominant migration ideology in the source country as well as the restrictions writers have in dealing with more problematic aspects. |
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