Transgression and Morality: Wives of Migrants From a "Mestizo" Community in Tlaxcala, Mexico

Authors

  • Brenda Itziguari Muñoz Martínez Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Author
  • Mónica Patricia Toledo González Autonomous University of Tlaxcala image/svg+xml Author

Keywords:

Transgression, Migration, Husband, Mestiza community, Tlaxcala

Abstract

This article analyzes the experiences of women wives of migrants in a "mestizo" community in the state of Tlaxcala Mexico. It is considered that the roles played by these women can be categorized as transgressors, since they contradict the social order of the locality. This analysis returns to migration studies from a gender perspective to explain the lives of women as migrant women, who become heads of households in Xicohtzinco, a locality in which the patriarchal culture is responsible for regulating the patterns of daily life within of families and communities. There are marked gender asymmetries, in which women increase their workload in front of the daily demands of the household, domestic and care functions, as well as community work, to which is added the provision, which was previously performed by the male.

Author Biographies

  • Brenda Itziguari Muñoz Martínez, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

    Licenciada en Ciencias de la Familia por la Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Actualmente es estudiante de la maestría en Antropología Sociocultural en la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Líneas de investigación: Género, Familia y Migración.

  • Mónica Patricia Toledo González, Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

    Doctora en Antropología por el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Ciudad de México. Actualmente es Profesora y Coordinadora de la Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Familia en la Facultad de Ciencias para el Desarrollo Humano y líder Cuerpo Académico “Vulnerabilidad, Desarrollo Humano y Políticas Públicas” en la Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México. Líneas de investigación: Trabajo del cuidado, trabajo doméstico, trabajos precarios, familia, vulnerabilidad.

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Published

2018-01-31

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Transformaciones sociales