(Im)Mobilities of Older Pakistani Female Migrants and Material Culture: a Multigenerational Perspective on Gift-Giving

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Ali, N. and Suleman, Rukeya 2017. (Im)Mobilities of Older Pakistani Female Migrants and Material Culture: a Multigenerational Perspective on Gift-Giving. Population, Space and Place. 23 (5), p. e2067. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2067
AuthorsAli, N. and Suleman, Rukeya
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The purpose of the paper is to discuss, from a multigenerational perspective, the (im)mobilities of older Pakistani women migrants in the UK and the material culture of gift-giving, which moves with (and without) them to and from the ancestral homeland of Pakistan. A multigenerational perspective allows us to comprehend the collective importance of the mobilities of older Pakistani female migrants in upholding the culturally significant ritualistic custom of gift-giving. The research is situated within the theoretical context of the ‘New Mobilities Paradigm’ to understand the mobility patterns of older migrants and the mobilisation of material culture. We find that the process of coordinating and exchanging gifts leads to a great deal of physical mobility, within localities and national spaces, but also internationally across different diasporic locations. In doing so, older Pakistani women migrants perform an important role as ‘gift agents’ in the host and home countries, assuring their own social status as well as that of their families. Importantly, the resulting mobility of older Pakistani women empowers their less mobile peers to also participate in gift-giving. This paper concludes by extending the concept of ‘mobility practices’ to include the mobility of gifts as a practice, which can compensate for physical immobility in older age due to ill-health, fragility, or other factors.

JournalPopulation, Space and Place
Journal citation23 (5), p. e2067
ISSN15448444
Year2017
PublisherWiley
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2067
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2067
Publication dates
Online05 Apr 2017
Publication process dates
Deposited12 Dec 2017
Accepted16 Nov 2016
Accepted16 Nov 2016
Copyright informationCopyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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