“Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives'
This article analyses how female au pairs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) perceive some aspects of Norwegian society – public arrangements and rules; localities and social environment; and privacy and culture of parenting – to express their belonging to it. Applying the concept of...
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| description | This article analyses how female au pairs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) perceive some aspects of Norwegian society – public arrangements and rules; localities and social environment; and privacy and culture of parenting – to express their belonging to it. Applying the concept of boundary work, and drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with current and former au pairs, I show how they find their own place in a new context. I argue that boundary work through comparisons with the hosting Other and active reflection on differences and similarities of Norwegian and post-Soviet realities enables au pairs to appropriate new cultural and social sources and become more enthusiastic about subsequent integration in the host country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-711471eb39fe40b7a9704de8187685902022-12-21T23:19:50ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2016-12-016422423310.1515/njmr-2016-0032195“Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives'Olga Tkach0Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR), St. PetersburgThis article analyses how female au pairs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) perceive some aspects of Norwegian society – public arrangements and rules; localities and social environment; and privacy and culture of parenting – to express their belonging to it. Applying the concept of boundary work, and drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with current and former au pairs, I show how they find their own place in a new context. I argue that boundary work through comparisons with the hosting Other and active reflection on differences and similarities of Norwegian and post-Soviet realities enables au pairs to appropriate new cultural and social sources and become more enthusiastic about subsequent integration in the host country.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/209au pair migrationboundary workbelongingnorwaycis countries |
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| title | “Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives' |
| title_full | “Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives' |
| title_fullStr | “Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives' |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives' |
| title_short | “Now I Know Norway from Within”: 'Boundary Work and Belonging in Au Pairs’ Narratives' |
| title_sort | now i know norway from within boundary work and belonging in au pairs narratives |
| topic | au pair migration boundary work belonging norway cis countries |
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