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Article: The decoupling of legal and spatial migration of female marriage migrants

TitleThe decoupling of legal and spatial migration of female marriage migrants
Authors
Keywordsagency
cross-border marriages
Decoupling of legal migration and spatial migration
gender, power and space
state governmentality
Issue Date2020
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1369183X.asp
Citation
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020, v. 46 n. 14, p. 2997-3013 How to Cite?
AbstractThe literature on cross-border marriages between women from the global south and men from the global north largely assumes patrilocality as a direct result of hypergamous marriage migration. There has been little research into the experiences of brides who relocate to their husband’s country to fulfil the roles of wife and mother but are not given citizenship rights or brides who do not relocate even after obtaining residency or citizenship in their husband’s country. Inconsistencies between the legal and residential status of foreign wives suggest that researchers should decouple legal and spatial migration. Using ethnographic data from Mainland China–Hong Kong cross-border couples, this article examines the causes and consequences of two forms of decoupling: (1) wife migrates spatially before her legal status changes and (2) wife’s change in legal status is not accompanied by spatial migration. We argue that these two forms of decoupling have their origins in state policies, economic constraints and personal choices, and that their impact on the intimate and household dynamics of cross-border families is gendered. Unravelling these complex dynamics sheds light on the intricate relationships between gender, marriage, migration and the state, and highlights the increasingly heterogeneous circumstances of cross-border couples. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274456
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.348
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dc.contributor.authorChiu, TY-
dc.contributor.authorChoi, SYP-
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-18T15:02:05Z-
dc.date.available2019-08-18T15:02:05Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020, v. 46 n. 14, p. 2997-3013-
dc.identifier.issn1369-183X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274456-
dc.description.abstractThe literature on cross-border marriages between women from the global south and men from the global north largely assumes patrilocality as a direct result of hypergamous marriage migration. There has been little research into the experiences of brides who relocate to their husband’s country to fulfil the roles of wife and mother but are not given citizenship rights or brides who do not relocate even after obtaining residency or citizenship in their husband’s country. Inconsistencies between the legal and residential status of foreign wives suggest that researchers should decouple legal and spatial migration. Using ethnographic data from Mainland China–Hong Kong cross-border couples, this article examines the causes and consequences of two forms of decoupling: (1) wife migrates spatially before her legal status changes and (2) wife’s change in legal status is not accompanied by spatial migration. We argue that these two forms of decoupling have their origins in state policies, economic constraints and personal choices, and that their impact on the intimate and household dynamics of cross-border families is gendered. Unravelling these complex dynamics sheds light on the intricate relationships between gender, marriage, migration and the state, and highlights the increasingly heterogeneous circumstances of cross-border couples. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1369183X.asp-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies-
dc.rightsPreprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI].-
dc.subjectagency-
dc.subjectcross-border marriages-
dc.subjectDecoupling of legal migration and spatial migration-
dc.subjectgender, power and space-
dc.subjectstate governmentality-
dc.titleThe decoupling of legal and spatial migration of female marriage migrants-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChiu, TY: jtychiu@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChiu, TY=rp02501-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1369183X.2019.1585018-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85063729031-
dc.identifier.hkuros301161-
dc.identifier.volume46-
dc.identifier.issue14-
dc.identifier.spage2997-
dc.identifier.epage3013-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000464442100001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl1369-183X-

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