Differentiation of femininities in contemporary Kerala: evidence from left-behind families of women transmigrant

Ajay, Anamika

doi:10.1080/21632324.2020.1806604

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“…A major condition put on emigrating women was to identify a ‘substitute woman’ who would replace the primary caregiver and fulfil domestic responsibilities on her behalf (Ajay, 2022). In this context, the family structure became important.…”

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Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala

Ajay

2023

South Asia Research

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This article explores an understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration, namely how left-behind men negotiate the changes in their status in the domestic and public spheres when their daughters or wives migrate for work and become primary earners in the family. A case study of Syrian Christians in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s transnational labour migration demonstrates how left-behind men refashion their masculine identities by reasserting their role as family protectors when they lose their traditional role as family providers. The article illustrates how left-behind men employ diverse social and discursive practices in domestic and community spheres to reconstruct their gendered sense of self and resist the social stigma of failed masculinity. It also demonstrates how the Church, which continues to be a dominant institution influencing the personal and political lives of Syrian Christians, has become an arena for left-behind men to reassert their patriarchal status at home and in the community.

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Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala

Ajay

2023

South Asia Research

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Differentiation of femininities in contemporary Kerala: evidence from left-behind families of women transmigrant

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Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala

Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala

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