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Title Diasporic mothering and Somali diaspora formation in the Netherlands
Full text https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/416005
Date 2021
Author(s) Candidatu, Laura
Contributor(s) LS Gender and Postcolonial Studies; ICON - Gender Studies
Abstract This article addresses how Somali women from the Netherlands participate in digital diaspora formation. It specifically takes the lens of 'diasporic mothering' understood as a site where difference and belonging are negotiated through work of cultural reproduction, collective identity construction and stable homemaking. I first analytically distinguish between two generations of Somali women on the basis of their arrival trajectory and their socio-economic background at the time of their living in Somalia. Second, by foregrounding Somali women's lived experiences, I show how their participation in diaspora formation is shaped by both mothering practices, and local and national Dutch policy approaches to migration. Last, I argue that the specificities of the local and national Dutch context favours rather physical and neighbourhood-based diaspora encounters, while de-centring the role of digital media in the initial formation of diaspora networks.
Subject(s) Amsterdam; Somali women; digital diaspora; migration; mothering; the Netherlands
Language en
Type of publication Article
Format application/pdf
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
Identifier Journal of Global Diaspora & Media 2(1), 39-55 (2021)
Repository Utrecht - University of Utrecht
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