Emigration and care: ambiguities, changes and continuities from Colombian grandmothers' point of view

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Published 25-09-2015
Gisela Marisa Bianchi-Pernasilici Gioia Piras

Abstract

Nowadays, care work plays an important role in order to understand current migrations flows. Thus, the aim of this article is to study the experiences of Colombian grandmothers who are taking care of their grandchildren after their parents' migration to Spain. By means of semi-structured interviews realized in the Colombian region of Eje Cafetero, we analyzed the reorganization of care practices after the migration process from the grandmothers' point of view, focusing our attention on their feelings and emotions. The results of our study are a call of attention to the emotional effects that family migration process causes in the societies of origin, which constitutes a field still unexplored.

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Keywords

grandmothers, colombian emigration, gender, care organization

Section
Research Articles