TY - JOUR
T1 - "what about the Next Generation That's Coming?"
T2 - The Recontextualization of Mothering Post-Refugee Resettlement
AU - Hoffman, Sarah J.
AU - Robertson, Cheryl L.
AU - Tierney, Jessica Dockter
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this analysis was to explore the recontextualization of mothering in Karen refugees from Burma. We collected ethnographic data over an 11-month period with a cohort of 12 Karen women postresettlement. Using Spradley's and tools of critical discourse analysis, we interpreted the migration narratives of women, in particular, experiences they shared as mothers. These narratives were grounded in the space of cultural difference; thus, we engaged hybridity as a theoretical frame. Findings reflect the negotiation of mothering practices within the norms, structures, and policies of the country of resettlement. We identified the spaces of transformation a woman constructed to usher change while sustaining a connection between herself, her culture, and her children.
AB - The purpose of this analysis was to explore the recontextualization of mothering in Karen refugees from Burma. We collected ethnographic data over an 11-month period with a cohort of 12 Karen women postresettlement. Using Spradley's and tools of critical discourse analysis, we interpreted the migration narratives of women, in particular, experiences they shared as mothers. These narratives were grounded in the space of cultural difference; thus, we engaged hybridity as a theoretical frame. Findings reflect the negotiation of mothering practices within the norms, structures, and policies of the country of resettlement. We identified the spaces of transformation a woman constructed to usher change while sustaining a connection between herself, her culture, and her children.
KW - Burma/Myanmar
KW - Karen refugees
KW - hybridity
KW - mothering
KW - recontextualization
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U2 - 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000172
DO - 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000172
M3 - Article
C2 - 28492389
AN - SCOPUS:85019943522
SN - 0161-9268
VL - 40
SP - 122
EP - 153
JO - Advances in Nursing Science
JF - Advances in Nursing Science
IS - 2
ER -