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“Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence
In the recent Central American migrations spurred by violence, political instability, and economic insecurity, women grapple with whether and when to bring their children with them in pursuit of safety in another country, and with fulfilling their roles as mothers from afar. Drawing from the transna...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013404 |
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author | Cook Heffron, Laurie Wachter, Karin Rubalcava Hernandez, Esmeralda J. |
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description | In the recent Central American migrations spurred by violence, political instability, and economic insecurity, women grapple with whether and when to bring their children with them in pursuit of safety in another country, and with fulfilling their roles as mothers from afar. Drawing from the transnational motherhood literature and critical feminist theories, this interpretive qualitative study examined transnational motherhood grounded in the lived experiences of Central American women (n = 19) over the course of their migrations to the US. Informed by the principles of grounded theory, the inductive analysis identified five processes in which migration and violence shaped meanings of motherhood: risking everything, embodying separation, braving reunification, mothering others, and experiencing motherhood due to sexual violence. The findings contribute knowledge of how violence shapes and informs women’s migrations and decision-making, and the consequences women endure in taking action to mitigate threats of violence in their own and their children’s lives. The analysis furthermore highlights the specific and profound effects of family separation on mothers. The voices, perspectives, and experiences of migrating mothers and the ways in which migration and violence shapes notions and lived experiences of motherhood are imperative to research, practice, and advocacy to change oppressive immigration policies. |
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spelling | pubmed-96034962022-10-27 “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence Cook Heffron, Laurie Wachter, Karin Rubalcava Hernandez, Esmeralda J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In the recent Central American migrations spurred by violence, political instability, and economic insecurity, women grapple with whether and when to bring their children with them in pursuit of safety in another country, and with fulfilling their roles as mothers from afar. Drawing from the transnational motherhood literature and critical feminist theories, this interpretive qualitative study examined transnational motherhood grounded in the lived experiences of Central American women (n = 19) over the course of their migrations to the US. Informed by the principles of grounded theory, the inductive analysis identified five processes in which migration and violence shaped meanings of motherhood: risking everything, embodying separation, braving reunification, mothering others, and experiencing motherhood due to sexual violence. The findings contribute knowledge of how violence shapes and informs women’s migrations and decision-making, and the consequences women endure in taking action to mitigate threats of violence in their own and their children’s lives. The analysis furthermore highlights the specific and profound effects of family separation on mothers. The voices, perspectives, and experiences of migrating mothers and the ways in which migration and violence shapes notions and lived experiences of motherhood are imperative to research, practice, and advocacy to change oppressive immigration policies. MDPI 2022-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9603496/ /pubmed/36293982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013404 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cook Heffron, Laurie Wachter, Karin Rubalcava Hernandez, Esmeralda J. “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title | “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title_full | “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title_fullStr | “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title_full_unstemmed | “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title_short | “Mi Corazón se Partió en Dos”: Transnational Motherhood at the Intersection of Migration and Violence |
title_sort | “mi corazón se partió en dos”: transnational motherhood at the intersection of migration and violence |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293982 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013404 |
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