Abstract
The chapter deals with different migratory experiences of several women in very different continents such as Europe and South America. It focuses the discussion on the intercultural research conducted in France and Brazil, countries with diverse cultural and socioeconomic realities. In France, the immigrant women came from Sub-Saharan Africa who are facing numerous challenges in their migration and settlement. In Brazil, the women are regional migrants who originally came from the poorest region of the country and now living in Rio de Janeiro facing the dilemmas of internal migration in a country with continental dimensions. Both these groups of women in France and Brazil face different realities but also have common points in their experiences. Using the works of postcolonial authors as well as subaltern and cultural studies, and social justice theorists, this chapter reflects upon the proximity and the differences between these two groups of women who now comprise the contemporary migration scene.
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The French team coordinated by Annick Durand-Delvigne started a participatory research with these immigrants from equitable trade within the framework of a project “Développement durable, justice et inégalités sociales: la part des femmes et les enjeux de la reconnaissance sociale” (Sustanaible Development, justice and social inequalities: the women’s part in social recognition search) supported by the Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, under an agreement for joint research with researchers from UFRJ.
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This is the city where the Universities of Lille 1, 2 e 3, in the French region of Nord-Pas de Callas are located.
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Through the support of community associations and from an informal network of about 120 migrant women in Rio de Janeiro, we recruited 19 women to participate in group discussions and individual interviews. Seven women were between 20 and 30 years old and 12 women were over 45 years old. Interviews and meetings were video recorded and were held in local community associations or even in their homes.
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In Brazilian society, the cultural codes differ widely in each region. There are typical food, music and rhythms in each region. For example, the Northeastern culture is one of the most vibrant, with a cuisine marked by its own flavors, a unique dance called forró, and a specific kind of literature, called cordel. Although there are no corresponding English translation of forró and cordel we can explain that forró comes from “for all” but this is still uniquely related to the Northeastern region. Cariocas (people born in Rio de Janeiro) are discovering the forró and dancing it in parties with a Northeastern rhythm. Cordel is something that many Cariocas do not know of; its stories are constructed with its own particular cultural references.
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Axel Honneth in his latest works pointed to question of ‘materialization of recognition’ meaning that social recognition has a presence in human daily lives. Being important to perceive the ways it can be materialized in the bodies and also in the space. To more details see the interview with Axel Honneth in La societe du mepris (Honneth 2006).
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Neto, M.I.D., Durand-Delvigne, A., Nazareth, J. (2012). (Im)migrant Women’s Work in France and Brazil: Towards Social Recognition and Social Justice. In: Bonifacio, G. (eds) Feminism and Migration. International Perspectives on Migration, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2831-8_11
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