Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community

Jocelyn  SKOLNIK; Sandra  LAZO DE LA VEGA; Timothy  STEIGENGA

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dc.creator	Jocelyn SKOLNIK
dc.creator	Sandra LAZO DE LA VEGA
dc.creator	Timothy STEIGENGA
dc.date	2012
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-22T17:45:51Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-22T17:45:51Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15123085001
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/87400
dc.description	Qualitative interviews in both the Guatemalan Maya sending community of Jacaltenango and the receiving community of Jupiter, Florida, illustrate the gendered role of transnational gossip. Women whose husbands have migrated are subject to a high level of scrutiny from their family and neighbors, who may accuse them of infi delity, raising their children inappropriately, or spending money unwisely. To avoid gossip and its potential consequences, many women isolate themselves to such an extent that they experience psychological and physical symptoms of depression and anxiety. Th is article contributes to the debate on migration and gender by defining and confi rming the gendered nature of transnational gossip, identifying the factors that intensify gossip in the context of international migration, and providing evidence of the specifi c negative impact for women in the sending community.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C.
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=151
dc.rights	Migraciones Internacionales
dc.source	Migraciones Internacionales (México) Num.3 Vol.6
dc.subject	Demografía
dc.subject	Transnational gossip
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	social remittances
dc.subject	Guatemala
dc.subject	United States
dc.title	Chisme across Borders: The Impact of Gossip in a Guatemalan Transnational Community
dc.type	artículo científico