Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community

Qualitative interviews in both the Guatemalan Maya sending community of Jacaltenango and the receiving community of Jupiter, Florida, illustrate the gendered role of transnational gossip. Women whose husbands have migrated are subject to a high level of scrutiny from their family and neighbors, who...

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Autores principales: Jocelyn SKOLNIK, Sandra LAZO DE LA VEGA, Timothy STEIGENGA
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. 2012
Materias:
Demografía
Transnational gossip
gender
social remittances
Guatemala
United States
Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15123085001
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-016&d=15123085001oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Demografía
Transnational gossip
gender
social remittances
Guatemala
United States
spellingShingle Demografía
Transnational gossip
gender
social remittances
Guatemala
United States
Jocelyn SKOLNIK
Sandra LAZO DE LA VEGA
Timothy STEIGENGA
Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
topic_facet Demografía
Transnational gossip
gender
social remittances
Guatemala
United States
description Qualitative interviews in both the Guatemalan Maya sending community of Jacaltenango and the receiving community of Jupiter, Florida, illustrate the gendered role of transnational gossip. Women whose husbands have migrated are subject to a high level of scrutiny from their family and neighbors, who may accuse them of infi delity, raising their children inappropriately, or spending money unwisely. To avoid gossip and its potential consequences, many women isolate themselves to such an extent that they experience psychological and physical symptoms of depression and anxiety. Th is article contributes to the debate on migration and gender by defining and confi rming the gendered nature of transnational gossip, identifying the factors that intensify gossip in the context of international migration, and providing evidence of the specifi c negative impact for women in the sending community.
format Artículo científico
Artículo científico
author Jocelyn SKOLNIK
Sandra LAZO DE LA VEGA
Timothy STEIGENGA
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Sandra LAZO DE LA VEGA
Timothy STEIGENGA
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title Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
title_short Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
title_full Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
title_fullStr Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
title_full_unstemmed Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
title_sort chisme across borders: the impact of gossip in a guatemalan transnational community
publisher El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C.
publishDate 2012
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15123085001
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-016&d=15123085001oai
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