Citation

Ayón C, Messing JT, Gurrola M, Valencia-Garcia D. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(8): 879-900.

Affiliation

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801217724451

PMID

29332490

Abstract

Despite Latinos being the largest growing population in the United States, research has not examined the impact of social structures on the well-being of Latina immigrants; negative social discourse and restrictive laws exacerbate inequality and discrimination in this population. Through combined inductive/deductive analysis of in-depth semistructured interviews, we examined immigrant Mexican mothers' ( N = 32) descriptions of oppression in the United States. All five forms of oppression, described in Young's oppression framework are evident: exploitation, violence, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and powerlessness. Discrimination places a high burden on Latinas due to the intersection of forms of oppression and nondominant identities.

Language: en

Keywords

Latinas; discrimination; immigrants; mothers; oppression; qualitative analysis