Brazilian labour migration to the united kingdom: work place identities and occupation mobility among women

Author(s)

Ana Paula Archanjo Batarce

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Rio Claro. 2016-10-04.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas. Rio Claro
• Defense date: 2016-06-09
• Advisor: José Gilberto de Souza

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to analyze the phenomenon of international migration from Brazil to London of Brazilian women. More specifically, we look at the relationship between work and identity. Thus, it focuses on the role of Brazilian women in the London labor market and the relationship between the mobility of the workforce and the processes of identification / differentiation. The research looks at the experiences of Brazilian women in different professional sectors. We intend to analyze the determinants of (e / i) migration of Brazilians to England; identify the forms of inclusion and participation of Brazilians in the London labor market; and understand how women's work takes places in the processes of affirmation or denial of Brazilian identity in London. For that, we used the combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Snow ball has been used as methodology for collecting data. The research on the International Brazilian women migration leads us to know a little more about female reality in intensive migration spaces; learn how identity marks are printed in the territory; understanding the essential role that migrant women assumes in the current international work market and; how the international migration in one way or another is incorporated in the productive restructuring. The data has showed that, Brazilian women migrants gain stability during the time they live and work in London. However their economic condition is limited, due their they migrant identity. We expect that deepening the understanding of issues related to Brazilian international migrants in the UK, under the prospect of Labor and Identity, could greatly contribute to the construction of theoretical and methodological foundation for both the Geography as for the other areas of knowledge concerned with the understanding of migratory movements, their conditions and their ramifications. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/04347-2 - Brazilian immigration to the United Kingdom: the work of women in London and procedures for identification / social differentiation
• Grantee: Ana Paula Archanjo Batarce
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate