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SUMMARY:The Paradox of Parallel Lives\; Immigration Policy and Transnation
 al Polygyny between Senegal and France - Dr Helene Neveau-Kringelbach\,  O
 xford University
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:In France\, there is widespread public suspicion that migrants
  from Africa and Asia misuse marriage to bypass immigration restrictions. 
 West African men\, in particular\, are suspected of marrying European wome
 n while having a wife back home. Focusing on the case of Senegalese male m
 igrants\, in this paper I argue that transnational polygynous arrangements
  are simultaneously produced by tightening immigration laws in Europe\, wh
 ere entry is contingent on marriage to a European citizen or resident\, an
 d by the moral economy of kinship in Senegal\, which requires that migrant
 s remain abroad long enough to support their families back home. In these 
 instances of “transnational polygyny”\, the migrant must navigate betw
 een parallel households\, where it is often the case that only one part ma
 y know of the existence of the other. Such parallel arrangements generate 
 different degrees of agency and entitlements on the part of spouses\, exte
 nded kin\, and the migrants themselves. In this process\, wives back home 
 become may no longer receive the attention they feel entitled to as first 
 wives\, whereas extended families are separated spatially and but reinforc
 ed economically. This paper examines broader relations of care and love wi
 thin transnational families between Senegal and France to shed light on th
 e ways in which enduring kinship practices\, gender\, class-based aspirati
 ons\, migration and recent immigration policies intersect to shape new fam
 ily forms.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
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