Mapping Southern Routes of Migrant Women: A Case Study of Chile

This book explores the experiences of women migrants in the Global South, particularly in Chile, highlighting the discrimination and challenges they face. It demonstrates their agency through support networks and transnational families and highlights the growing migrant populations in the Global South.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

While much migration research continues to center on South to North migration, this book offers a unique perspective on mobility within the Global South. By examining migration to and within Chile as a case study, the book delves into the experiences of women, who comprise a significant proportion of migrants in Latin America. Through a comprehensive mapping of the lives, aspirations, and challenges faced by these women as they navigate their journeys to and within Chile, the book sheds light on the unexpected issues they encounter in their new destination country, particularly the discrimination that renders them invisible, unsettled, and immobile.

Within the region, there exists a longstanding history of feminized migration and domestic labor circuits that propel migrants' residential movements but hinder their social advancement. Despite these obstacles, the migrant women demonstrated their agency by forming support networks with their compatriots and their transnational families. Overall, the book serves as a testament to the growing migrant populations within the Global South and the significant role played by domestic and care labor markets in driving gendered migration, particularly in Latin America.

This book will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the fields of mobilities and migration, cultural geography, international development, and gender studies, particularly those with a keen interest in Latin America.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032218625