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An intersectional life course approach to explore the narratives of ageing migrant women

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article aims to demonstrate a concrete example of how to apply an intersectional life course perspective into the study of ageing migrant women. The empirical material is based on a qualitative in-depth interview study conducted with 20 Turkish-born women who have migrated to Sweden in their early to mid-adulthood years. Despite increasing urgings from gerontologists to include intersectionality in studies on migrants, research often neglects how age, gender, and migration status interact, failing to recognise the diverse experiences of racialised older migrants. The analysis shows that the intersection of age, gender and migrancy generates racialised and gendered experiences of later life which renders the women in different positions of power. The analysis also reveals the importance of agential capacity through the mobilisation of resources, negotiation, and resistance. By cross-fertilising two perspectives, the study suggests that intersectional life course could shed light on the experiences of ageing migrant women, thus, sensitising gerontological research to diversity and heterogeneity. • The study incorporates an intersectional life course perspective. • Racialised and gendered experiences influence migrant women over the course of their lives. • The intersection of age, gender and migrancy creates unique configurations of privilege and oppression. • The findings show that there is tension between the structural barriers and agential capacity, which is manifested as negotiation and resistance.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2024.101267
Institution: Örebro University
Language: English
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,240
OpenAlex ID: W4402537303
FWCI: 12.28
Cites: 49
Cited by: 17
Related to: 10