Hvem er de polske kvinnene i Norge?
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I denne masteroppgaven undersøker jeg hva polske kvinner forteller om sine erfaringerog opplevelser fra migrasjonen til Norge, samt hva de forteller om seg selv. Oppgaven erbasert på egen empiri fra seks dybdeintervjuer med polske kvinner som har migrert tilNorge. Datamaterialet fra intervjuene presenteres i fire analysekapitler hvoranalysegrepet som tas i bruk er tematisk og narrativ analyse.
I det første analysekapittelet analyserer jeg fram kvinnenes selvrepresentasjon sompolske kvinnelige migranter på bakgrunn av narrativ om migrasjonsprosessen ogmotivene for å flytte og bosette seg i Norge. Forskningsspørsmålene jeg stiller i dettekapittelet er: «Hva var kvinnenes motivasjoner for å migrere?», «Hvordan snakkerkvinnene om seg selv som migranter?» og «Hvem er historiene konstruert for?».
I det andre analysekapittelet analyserer jeg frem motstanderne i kvinnenes fortellingerog ser på innholdet i det som trer fram som kategoriene den gode morderne polakk ogden dårlige tradisjonelle polakk. Spørsmålene jeg stiller her er: «Finnes det enmotstander i historiene til kvinnene?», «Hvem er motstanderen ifølge kvinnene?» og«Hva kan fortellingene om motstanderne fortelle oss om kvinnene?»
I analysekapittel tre ser jeg på kvinnenes fortellinger om migrasjonen som enfrigjøringsprosess. I kapittelet er funnet at kvinnene kjenner på økt frihet i Norge.
I det fjerde og siste analysekapittelet ser jeg på fortellinger om tilhørighet og ensomhet,og her peker jeg på at kvinners tilhørighet ikke burde ses i sammenheng med omkvinnene bor med mannen sin eller ikke. Abstract
In this master thesis I investigate the narratives of Polish women regarding theirmigration experiences before and after moving to Norway, as well as their experiences,both personally and regarding other individuals. The main objective of the thesis is toexamine the composition of the female Polish population in Norway, with an emphasis ongender and intersectionality. The thesis is based on empirical data gathered from six indepthinterviews that I conducted with Polish women who decided to migrate to Norway.The empirical data from the interviews is presented through four chapters of analysis.The analysis method used is thematic narrative analysis.
In the first chapter of analysis, I analyze the women's self-representation as Polishfemale migrants. My findings are that love, adventure, and family - not an existing Polishhusband, but parents - are the main motivators for migrating, despite the factthat female motivations for migrating must be seen as complex. Here, I also discuss themessage in the narratives for motivations, and I find female agency to be an importanttrait throughout. My research questions in this chapter are: 1. What are the motivationsfor migrating? 2. How do the women talk about themselves as migrants? And 3. Who arethe narratives constructed for?
In the second chapter of analysis, I examine what the women see as their opponentagainst their narratives of self-representation. I examine the content and the message ofthe narratives which are presented as the categories: ‘The Good Modern Pole’ and ‘TheBad Traditional Pole’. Intersectionality was a useful analysis technique in exploring thewomen's constructed categories, as well as in discovering what the women disclose whendistancing themselves from the category ‘The Bad Traditional Pole’. Here, my researchquestions are: 1. Is there an opponent in the narratives? 2. Who is the opponent,according to the women? And 3. What can the stories about the opponents tell us aboutthe women themselves?
In the third chapter of analysis, I examine narratives of migration as emancipation, and ifmigration is leading the Polish female migrants closer to western feminism. My findingsare that the women in this study experience freedom in different ways, but thatmotivations of freedom are not usually linked with motivations in the decision tomigrate.
In the fourth and final chapter of analysis, I explore narratives of belonging andloneliness. Despite the fact that Statistisk Sentralbyrå describes the Polish populationresiding in Norway as feeling relatively little loneliness, I point out that belonging doesn’talways revolve around living together with your husband, and that more research has tobe done on ‘all the single ladies’ who have different migration motivations other thanfamily.