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MIGRANT WOMEN'S NETWORKS AND THE CARE SECTOR
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This work aims to propose a reading and analysis of the behaviors of migrant women's networks (Granovetter 1973)[7] and imaginal and cultural dynamics that are triggered when they come into contact with the health and care sector. The relevance of the migration network before and during the migratory experience has already been dealt with in sociology but the possible influence of this, both positive and negative, in the integration process and during transition phases in which we deal with the theme of health or the problematization of tradition and culture of origin need further deepening. The network is a fundamental resource to facilitate anticipatory socialization processes and to support subjects in their integration into the destination country but can also cause tensions at the individual and network level. The methodology chosen for the survey is that of the analysis of second-level sources and qualitative interviews with the health personnel who usually deal with these women. Semi-structured interviews provided qualitative data while creating understanding of the issue for both the researcher as well as the interviewees. The moment of contact with the health sector is identified in that of childbirth and care as a significant time from a personal and collective point of view. The desire for safety and tradition confronts women with new approaches that are not always welcome. The birth of a new family unit in another context turns out to be an important moment to address issues related to the transmission of culture, the management of the network in a phase of rooting and the comparison of subjects with well-defined regulatory and social frameworks. Author think that the chosen methodology could be useful to study the “resistance level” of migrants to new cultural approaches perceived as an attack to identity (Corvino 2021)[4].
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