March 1, 2024Gender IssuesOpen Access

Negotiating and Reinventing Identities by South Asian Women in the Context of Transnational Mobility

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South Asian women experience loss of professional identities and persistent cultural conflicts during transnational mobility, yet they exhibit resilience by redefining life meanings.
Grounded theory and inductive analysis of 15 semi-structured qualitative interviews demonstrate that familial responsibilities and domestic expectations reshape everyday routines.
Highlights how intersectionality within a racialized labor market sustains a heteronormative gender order that privileges men while systematically marginalizing immigrant women.

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Qualitative analysis reveals professional loss and gender shifts among South Asian spouses, highlighting how transnational mobility reinforces heteronormative gender disparities.

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Gita Neupane (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e7649bb6db6435876da3f9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-024-09325-9

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Qualitative analysis reveals professional loss and gender shifts among South Asian spouses, highlighting how transnational mobility reinforces heteronormative gender disparities.

Negotiating and Reinventing Identities by South Asian Women in the Context of Transnational Mobility

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Negotiating and Reinventing Identities by South Asian Women in the Context of Transnational Mobility

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