UNSPECIFIED (2002) Chinese migrant women and families in Britain. WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM, 25 (6). pp. 607-618. ISSN 0277-5395

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Abstract

This article examines the mode of understanding and experiences of family relationships of Chinese migrant women in Britain. In contrast to much existing research work on the patterns and experiences of postwar settlement of unskilled Chinese male labourers in Britain, the focus here is on the life stories of 41 Chinese women with different migration trajectories and varying economic and cultural capital. Their oral testimonies reveal Chinese women's diverse expectations and experiences of migrant family relationships and their different strategies to achieve self-fulfillment both within and outside the confines of the migrant family. For some women, migration brings opportunities for a fulfilling and independent lifestyle. They are successful in negotiating their way around and sometimes out of their initial familial and social position. For others, they bear the disproportionate cost and tabour of familial strategies of advancement and remain vulnerable to the most constraining aspects of diasporic existence. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Journal or Publication Title:	WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN:	0277-5395
Date:	November 2002
Volume:	25
Number:	6
Number of Pages:	12
Page Range:	pp. 607-618
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075

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