TY - JOUR
T1 - From the private to the public
T2 - Continuum of sexual–racial violence against migrant women
AU - Contreras-Hernández, Paola
AU - Stuardo Ávila, Valeria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This article analyses the sexual–racial violence faced by migrant women in public spaces in the city of Barcelona. Based on a gendered perspective, this study conceptualises public space as an area where women’s rights to live a life free of violence are restricted and looks at sexism and racism as systems of oppression; further, the concept of a continuum of violence forms the theoretical basis of this article. Forty in-depth interviews were conducted with Latin American women living in the city of Barcelona. The study identified a continuum of violence that intensifies in the migratory context. Violence moves in a circular fashion from private to public spaces through a combination of sexism and racism perpetrated by (ex-)partners, strangers, and acquaintances. As a result, migrant women grapple with feelings of rejection and insecurity that hinder integration processes and condition their life in the city, experiences, and decisions regarding daily life.
AB - This article analyses the sexual–racial violence faced by migrant women in public spaces in the city of Barcelona. Based on a gendered perspective, this study conceptualises public space as an area where women’s rights to live a life free of violence are restricted and looks at sexism and racism as systems of oppression; further, the concept of a continuum of violence forms the theoretical basis of this article. Forty in-depth interviews were conducted with Latin American women living in the city of Barcelona. The study identified a continuum of violence that intensifies in the migratory context. Violence moves in a circular fashion from private to public spaces through a combination of sexism and racism perpetrated by (ex-)partners, strangers, and acquaintances. As a result, migrant women grapple with feelings of rejection and insecurity that hinder integration processes and condition their life in the city, experiences, and decisions regarding daily life.
KW - Continuum
KW - migrant women
KW - public space
KW - Spain
KW - violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85209918674&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13505068241294174
DO - 10.1177/13505068241294174
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85209918674
SN - 1350-5068
JO - European Journal of Women's Studies
JF - European Journal of Women's Studies
ER -