‘When Mom left for Mars’: Life narratives of first-generation Moroccan migrant mothers in Flanders
Amal Miri,
Irma Emmery
Abstract:Current discourses in Belgian politics about Moroccan Muslim women are deeply rooted in the first-generation family reunification policies of the 1960s. Today, (marriage) migrant women are still commonly described as victims of their ‘backward’ religious traditions and in need of protection for the sake of themselves, their children and society. Looking at the implications of these views for the women concerned, this article discusses the unique docufilm ‘When Mom Left for Mars’, which documents the life narra… Show more
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