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Thesis

"The both of us have battled": The practices and politics of female partners in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

Date

2007

Authors

Christina Hanson

Abstract

Through an analysis of qualitative, ethnographic data, I locate the narratives of nine Mexican women married to migrants within the context of capitalist globalization, state policies, and local gender ideologies. In doing so, I advocate for a theoretical approach to migration which combines elements of structural theories of migration and network theoretical approaches. These women’s narratives position them at the juncture of capitalism and other social relations, and show them to be active agents in migration. Not only is their labour critical to the maintenance of migration patterns and the capitalist relations into which migrants and non-migrants are incorporated, but women’s labour is also imbued with social meanings.

University

Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada,

Academic department

Latin American Studies Program - Simon Fraser University

Place published

Ottawa

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Economic sectors

Agriculture and horticulture workers

Content types

Policy analysis

Target groups

Researchers and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks

Geographical focuses

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, México, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, and Nova Scotia

Spheres of activity

Gender and sexuality studies and Sociology

Languages

English