Cultural scripts and gendered parenting roles across East-West borders.
Migration reshapes but does not automatically transform gendered roles within families. Based on 35 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2018–2019, this article examines how Russian-speaking migrant parents in Finland construct and negotiate gendered parenting roles through cultural scripts. The...
| Publicado en: | Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 1000 - 1018 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2026
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