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Mobility, Moralities and Motherhood: Navigating the Contingencies of Cape Verdean Lives

Åkesson, Lisa, Carling, Jørgen, Drotbohm, Heike·2012·Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
DOI 10.1080/1369183x.2012.646420
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In this article we discuss how transnational motherhood is managed and experienced in contexts of uncertainty and conflicting pressures. We propose a conceptual approach and apply it to a specific case: female migration from Cape Verde to Europe and North America. The analysis is based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the authors in Cape Verde and the diaspora over the past decade. We first address the ideal of and expectations towards transnational mothering in Cape Verde, relating these to local forms of kinship, fostering and household organisation. We demonstrate that lengthy separations between mothers and young children are socially constructed as a normal aspect of transnational lives: they are a painful necessity, but are not automatically assumed to be traumatic. In an ideal situation, the biological mother and the foster mother play complementary roles in what we describe as the transnational fostering triangle. Subsequently, we ask how transnational mothering is confronted by unforeseen incidents and obstacles, which we refer to as contingencies. We relate these contingencies to the negotiation of individual and collective ideas and aspirations. The Cape Verdean case is interesting in a comparative perspective because of the social acceptance of mother–child separation. Our analysis explores how this acceptance co-exists with the real-life challenges of transnational mothering.

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  1. Carling J., 2002, Migration Information Source
  2. Carling J., 2008, Transnational Archipelago: Perspectives on Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora, 13
  3. Drotbohm H., 2012, Child Fosterage in West Africa: New Perspectives on Theories and Pratices
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Authors
Åkesson, L., Carling, J., & Drotbohm, H.
Affiliations
  • University of Gothenburg (SE)
  • Peace Research Institute Oslo (NO)
  • University of Freiburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Åkesson, Lisa
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2012-02
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
237-260
ISSN
  • 1369-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9451
DOI
10.1080/1369183x.2012.646420
OpenAlex
W2046843024
Cited by
125
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
FWCI
31.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Keywords
transnational motherhood, Cape Verdean diaspora, immigrant women, maternal separation, foster care, kinship, morality, mobility, Cape Verde

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