Migration, mobility and changing power relations: aspirations and praxis of Bangladeshi migrants

Rao, Nitya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147 (2013) Migration, mobility and changing power relations: aspirations and praxis of Bangladeshi migrants. Gender, Place & Culture, 21 (7). pp. 872-887. ISSN 0966-369X

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Abstract

This article, based on empirical research in two villages in Bangladesh, examines the ways in which migration is not a mere response to poverty and family survival, but becomes an instrument to interrogate the power of the traditional elite and contribute to social and status mobility in the local context. By focusing on four key inter-related dimensions of place, work, consumption and marriage, and on the hierarchies embedded within different migrant destinations, it points to the ways in which migration strategies are related to mobility strategies, and contributes to refiguring class and gender identities. Religion and the construction of a modern Islamic identity, bearing simultaneously elements of materiality and spirituality, serve as a crucial mediating force in this process, bridging the gap between aspirations and praxis.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	migration, mobility,gender,status,identity,bangladesh
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2013 16:22
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2023 00:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44013
DOI:	10.1080/0966369X.2013.810600

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