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Yugoslav Women-Migrants About Themselves
Mirjana Morokvašić
Sažetak
The author studied the
migrational situation and the
problem of identity among
Yugoslav women migrants of rural
origin. The study included Yugoslav
women temporarily employed in
France, the Federal Republic of
Germany and Sweden.
Research was carried out by the
»Who am I?« method on
comparative samples. For
analytical reasons the author
assumed that there is a single
socio-cultural system of values
determining the position and
behaviour of the woman in rural
parts of Yugoslavia (from which
most of the women studied
originated directly or indirectly).
This system of values she contrasts
with schematized cultural patterns
women are exposed to after coming
to the country of reception.
The most important research
results are those that show women
to experience their identity
differently in each of the countries
studied. The author considers that
those differences stem primarily
from conditions of life and the
general position of women in
immigrant countries. In France
the position of the immigrant
woman is the most unfavourable.
In the Federal Republic of
Germany immigrant women accept
a very widespread model of
conformity. For them conformity
is a possible manner of survival in
Germany until the primarily
economic motives they had for
coming there are satisfied. In
Sweden the sociocultural context
protects the woman, mobilizes her
and turns her towards change. This
is in the first place reflected in
a drive towards the equal position
of marriage partners, in a different
relationship towards unwed mothers, etc. Such a situation
also results in plans for a longer
stay abroad.
The analysis carried out shows
that the starting hypothesis that
migration can be a possible channel
for making women more conscious
has only been partly confirmed.
In conclusion the author points
out that the process of
emancipation of consciousness
among women demands the
support of at least part of their
direct social surroundings.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119358
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.6.1979.
Posjeta: 844 *