Affiliation:
1. the University of the Philippines
Abstract
This chapter explores the intersection of ageing and migration and
focuses on older women migrants. What subjectivities are available to
such individuals? How do they negotiate a positive identity despite their
(increasing) distance from the ideal? This chapter discusses the ways
ageing women migrants’ subjectivities are shaped by discourses around
ageing and migration in both home and host countries; in particular, the
way narratives of success in migration can be built on the embodiment
of certain ideals around older people and migrants. It is based on two
separate studies utilizing feminist psychology and indigenous Filipino
psychology as a methodological framework.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
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