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Responsibility, Mobility, and Power: Translocal Carework Negotiations of Nicaraguan Families

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type="main" xml:id="imre12062-abs-0001"> Recently, carework has emerged as a key area for exploring the gendered connections between migrants and their families “home,” providing insight into family-level consequences of migration. However, the way carework shapes migration itself has not received due attention. Based on field research among Nicaraguan migrant families, this article explores the links between translocal carework and family migration decision-making by connecting the concepts of transnational caregiving and power-geometry of mobility to interpret fathers’ and female relatives’ carework involvement. In conclusion, the article highlights how translocal carework shapes family members’ access to mobility through ongoing negotiations of a wide range of responsibilities, indicating a possible direction for future explorations of migration.

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  • Nanneke Winters, 2014. "Responsibility, Mobility, and Power: Translocal Carework Negotiations of Nicaraguan Families," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(2), pages 415-441, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intmig:v:48:y:2014:i:2:p:415-441
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    1. Nanneke Winters, 2017. "Embedding Remittances: A Methodological Note on Financial Diaries in Nicaragua," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 108(2), pages 175-189, April.

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