<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>this paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of agency and choice migrant women enjoy and the strategies they seek to expand them. Other topics discussed refer to the dominant migration ideology in the source country as well as the restrictions writers have in dealing with more problematic aspects.</p></abstract>

this paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of agency and choice migrant women enjoy and the strategies they seek to expand them. Other topics discussed refer to the dominant migration ideology in the source country as well as the restrictions writers have in dealing with more problematic aspects.

“The Only Role Available to you is to Conform”: Women’s Migration Stories

English Department, University of Bucharest, Romania, 4-12, Regina Elisabeta Blvd. București 030018, Romania

Gender Studies

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this paper sets out to discuss the situation of Romanian migrant women as represented in their stories. A major issue the paper broaches is the degree of...

“The Only Role Available to you is to Conform”: Women’s Migration Stories

Pubblicato online: 29 feb 2016

Pagine: 209 - 223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0013

Parole chiave
agency, Eastern Europe migrant women, Romania

© 2015 Mădălina Nicolaescu, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“The Only Role Available to you is to Conform”: Women’s Migration Stories

Pubblicato online: 29 feb 2016

Pagine: 209 - 223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2016-0013

Parole chiaveagency, Eastern Europe migrant women, Romania

© 2015 Mădălina Nicolaescu, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
agency, Eastern Europe migrant women, Romania