| ID | 126108 |
| Title Proper | 'Doing gendered age' |
| Other Title Information | older mothers and migrant daughters negotiating care work in rural Lao PDR and Thailand |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Huijsmans, Roy |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article I analyse the reconfiguration of the intersection of relations of gender and age manifesting between older mothers and their migrant daughters. For this I study the negotiation of care work between differently positioned women, drawing on material from Lao PDR and Thailand. Theoretically I draw on the constructivist notion of 'doing gendered age', which allows us to integrate the performance of gender-age subject positions with structural changes, most notably the generational dynamics of rural transformation, an expanding neoliberal labour market and demographic transition. I conclude that gender-age subject positions hold women accountable for 'doing gendered age' in a particular manner. This forms an important basis for informal mechanisms of social protection. However, these subject positions are neither pre-given nor voluntary but are enacted through everyday social interaction and subject to change. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.10; 2013: p.1896-1910 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol.34, No.10; 2013: p.1896-1910 |
| Key Words | Older Mothers ; Migrant Daughters ; PDR ; Thailand ; Doing gendered age ; Social Interaction ; Generational Dynamics ; Rural Transformation ; Demographic transition ; Inter-generational relations ; Migration |