« Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole

This contribution analyses the experiences of women from Central and West Africa seeking to cross the Moroccan-Spanish border. Exploring embodied narratives collected in the field between 2015 and 2017 and based on the sociology of migration and gender relations, the article looks at both the power...

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Main Author: Elsa Tyszler
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société
Series:Genre, Sexualité et Société
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/6548
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description This contribution analyses the experiences of women from Central and West Africa seeking to cross the Moroccan-Spanish border. Exploring embodied narratives collected in the field between 2015 and 2017 and based on the sociology of migration and gender relations, the article looks at both the power and domination relations that weigh on these illegalized women and their modes of agency and resistance. Paying attention to their experiences enables us to understand the plurality of the instances and processes of production of their vulnerabilities at the border; on the other hand, their narratives provide information on situations where women, despite the violence, perform their power to act, for themselves but also sometimes to support other women. The research shows the coexistence of different strategies to turn their real or supposed vulnerabilities into tools for trying to cross the border.
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spelling doaj.art-2da7a746cb304271a2055e36e866e1082024-02-13T14:51:44ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362510.4000/gss.6548« Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnoleElsa TyszlerThis contribution analyses the experiences of women from Central and West Africa seeking to cross the Moroccan-Spanish border. Exploring embodied narratives collected in the field between 2015 and 2017 and based on the sociology of migration and gender relations, the article looks at both the power and domination relations that weigh on these illegalized women and their modes of agency and resistance. Paying attention to their experiences enables us to understand the plurality of the instances and processes of production of their vulnerabilities at the border; on the other hand, their narratives provide information on situations where women, despite the violence, perform their power to act, for themselves but also sometimes to support other women. The research shows the coexistence of different strategies to turn their real or supposed vulnerabilities into tools for trying to cross the border.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/6548genderwomenmigrationsbordersresistances
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« Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
Genre, Sexualité et Société
gender
women
migrations
borders
resistances
title « Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
title_full « Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
title_fullStr « Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
title_full_unstemmed « Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
title_short « Nous sommes des battantes. » Expériences de femmes d’Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest à la frontière maroco-espagnole
title_sort nous sommes des battantes experiences de femmes d afrique centrale et de l ouest a la frontiere maroco espagnole
topic gender
women
migrations
borders
resistances
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/6548
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