TY - JOUR
T1 - The Oppression of Latina Mothers
T2 - Experiences of Exploitation, Violence, Marginalization, Cultural Imperialism, and Powerlessness in Their Everyday Lives
AU - Ayón, Cecilia
AU - Messing, Jill
AU - Gurrola, Maria
AU - Valencia-Garcia, Dellanira
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Foundation for Child Development (principal investigator [PI]: Ayón).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Despite Latinos being the largest growing population in the United States, research has not examined the impact of social structures on the well-being of Latina immigrants; negative social discourse and restrictive laws exacerbate inequality and discrimination in this population. Through combined inductive/deductive analysis of in-depth semistructured interviews, we examined immigrant Mexican mothers’ (N = 32) descriptions of oppression in the United States. All five forms of oppression, described in Young’s oppression framework are evident: exploitation, violence, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and powerlessness. Discrimination places a high burden on Latinas due to the intersection of forms of oppression and nondominant identities.
AB - Despite Latinos being the largest growing population in the United States, research has not examined the impact of social structures on the well-being of Latina immigrants; negative social discourse and restrictive laws exacerbate inequality and discrimination in this population. Through combined inductive/deductive analysis of in-depth semistructured interviews, we examined immigrant Mexican mothers’ (N = 32) descriptions of oppression in the United States. All five forms of oppression, described in Young’s oppression framework are evident: exploitation, violence, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and powerlessness. Discrimination places a high burden on Latinas due to the intersection of forms of oppression and nondominant identities.
KW - Latinas
KW - discrimination
KW - immigrants
KW - mothers
KW - oppression
KW - qualitative analysis
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801217724451
DO - 10.1177/1077801217724451
M3 - Article
C2 - 29332490
AN - SCOPUS:85046705189
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 24
SP - 879
EP - 900
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 8
ER -