Gendered Returns, Ambivalent Transnationals: Situating Transnationalism in Local Asymmetry

Graduate Student Papers in Feminist Anthropology Award

Authors

  • Catherine Bryan Dalhousie University

Keywords:

business/investor migration, gender, class, cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, Nova Scotia Nominee Program, Canada

Abstract

Drawing on interviews with migrants to Halifax, Nova
Scotia, this article illustrates the potential discrepancy between
the aspirations of even the most affluent global migrants and
the local contexts of immigration. Attracted to Canada for its
pluralism, participants sought to contribute to Canadian society
while ensuring new opportunities for female family members.
However, faced with unemployment, participants developed
transnational strategies that reinforced normative gender roles.
Furthermore, these strategies engendered a kind of ambiva
lent transnationalism whereby participants wished to establish
themselves locally but, due to conditions in the site of immi
gration, were compelled to remain highly connected to their
countries of origin.

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Published

2022-03-16

How to Cite

Bryan, C. (2022). Gendered Returns, Ambivalent Transnationals: Situating Transnationalism in Local Asymmetry: Graduate Student Papers in Feminist Anthropology Award. Anthropologica, 54(1), 133–142. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/938

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 1 (2012): Anthropology in the Era of New Information and Communication Technologies: New Explorations

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Copyright (c) 2012 Catherine Bryan

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