par Sizaire, Laure
Référence SEMINÁRIO DIVERSIDADE CULTURAL EM FAMÍLIAS CONTEMPORÂNEAS (2024-11-27: Lisbon University and Online)
Publication Non publié, 2024-11-27
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : Conjugal choices are no longer confined to small geographic areas. Intimate and romantic encounters now occur on a global scale, extending matrimonial recruitment beyond borders, particularly between Western and non-Western regions. However, this distribution is not random; it is shaped by gendered and racialized logics, as evidenced by research on transnational intimacies and statistics on cross-border marriages. Drawing on my previous research on French-Post-Soviet intimacies and ongoing investigations into privileged mobility and transnational conjugality in West Africa and South-East Asia, I argue that adopting a cognitive perspective allows us to explore power relations from the bottom up. By examining how individuals themselves engage in categorization, we can reveal the existence of gender regimes – specific rules and norms each nation develops to organize gender relations. These regimes are contextual, situated, and historically grounded. They evolve constantly, albeit slowly, and are inherently linked to other power structures. Assuming that gender, class, and race are produced through interactions and particular frames, they can be challenged at any time, especially in the context of migration. Ultimately, this paper demonstrates that experiencing transnational conjugality involves navigating between different gender regimes and engages people in the work of comparing the norms they encountered in their home countries and those they found in their current country of residence. These cognitive operations—observing, describing, analyzing, and comparing practices, behaviors, and norms—highlight the existence of historically and geographically situated gender regimes, where conceptions of masculinity and femininity vary and are deeply interwoven with other power relations.

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