The Concept Of Transnational Motherhood

The concept of “transnational motherhood” challenges our accepted yet unexamined assumption of motherhood in many different ways. Motherhood as many of us examine and define is someone who is typically a stay at home mother, who provides support in all aspects of everyday life for her children and family. , However, in the article “I’m Here But i’m There”, the author examines the emergent meaning of motherhood and the alternative child-rearing arrangement among Latin immigrant women whom reside in Los Angles. Throughout this essay we learn ways in which Latina immigrant who are domestic workers transform the meaning of motherhood, and how these low income single mothers have a different attitudes about marriage then what is typically viewed.