Maghrebi women in Spain

This article examines the process of adaptation of Maghrebi women in migratory contexts by analysing their media diet, placing a focus on women of Moroccan origin who reside in Spain. On the one hand, the cultural setting is considered as a symbolic space in which the foreign-origin population shoul...

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Autores: Huertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417, Martínez Suárez, Yolanda|||0000-0002-1247-7960
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:117096
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/117096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender
Women
Media consumption
Migration
Family
Maghreb
Spain
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spelling Maghrebi women in Spainfamily roles and media consumptionHuertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417Martínez Suárez, Yolanda|||0000-0002-1247-7960GenderWomenMedia consumptionMigrationFamilyMaghrebSpainThis article examines the process of adaptation of Maghrebi women in migratory contexts by analysing their media diet, placing a focus on women of Moroccan origin who reside in Spain. On the one hand, the cultural setting is considered as a symbolic space in which the foreign-origin population should feel interested and to which access should be facilitated; on the other hand, cultural identity is considered as something that is both flexible and dynamic. Given that the lives of these women are basically limited to the home and that their roles in the family are heavily influenced by gender, the question addressed is: to what extent does the condition of being wives and mothers affect their media diet? Concepts such as 'cultural overburden' (feminist theories) and 'institutional mediation' (cultural studies) underpin the theoretical framework. The results suggest that the consumption of Arabic-language media reflects the need to maintain an emotional tie to the culture of origin. In the host country, access to media is restricted due to the low level of technological equipment in the home and to claims that this is 'good for the family'. However, the behaviour of teenagers approximates to that of a 'bridge' generation. 22013-01-0120132013-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/117096reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1170962026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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family roles and media consumption
title Maghrebi women in Spain
spellingShingle Maghrebi women in Spain
Huertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417
Gender
Women
Media consumption
Migration
Family
Maghreb
Spain
title_short Maghrebi women in Spain
title_full Maghrebi women in Spain
title_fullStr Maghrebi women in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Maghrebi women in Spain
title_sort Maghrebi women in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Huertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417
Martínez Suárez, Yolanda|||0000-0002-1247-7960
author Huertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417
author_facet Huertas Bailén, Amparo|||0000-0002-8851-5417
Martínez Suárez, Yolanda|||0000-0002-1247-7960
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gender
Women
Media consumption
Migration
Family
Maghreb
Spain
topic Gender
Women
Media consumption
Migration
Family
Maghreb
Spain
description This article examines the process of adaptation of Maghrebi women in migratory contexts by analysing their media diet, placing a focus on women of Moroccan origin who reside in Spain. On the one hand, the cultural setting is considered as a symbolic space in which the foreign-origin population should feel interested and to which access should be facilitated; on the other hand, cultural identity is considered as something that is both flexible and dynamic. Given that the lives of these women are basically limited to the home and that their roles in the family are heavily influenced by gender, the question addressed is: to what extent does the condition of being wives and mothers affect their media diet? Concepts such as 'cultural overburden' (feminist theories) and 'institutional mediation' (cultural studies) underpin the theoretical framework. The results suggest that the consumption of Arabic-language media reflects the need to maintain an emotional tie to the culture of origin. In the host country, access to media is restricted due to the low level of technological equipment in the home and to claims that this is 'good for the family'. However, the behaviour of teenagers approximates to that of a 'bridge' generation.
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