%0 Journal Article
%T La gestion des ¨¦motions dans le cadre du devoir filial Managing Emotions in the Context of Filial Duties. The Case of Salvadorian Migrants Living in Western Australia
%A Laura Merla
%J Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques
%D 2010
%I Universit¨¦ Catholique de Louvain
%R 10.4000/rsa.186
%X Cet article explore la dimension ¨¦motionnelle du devoir filial dans un contexte transnational. Cette dimension ¨¦motionnelle renvoie ici au travail de gestion des ¨¦motions, c¡¯est-¨¤-dire les comp¨¦tences et les efforts n¨¦cessaires pour g¨¦rer les ¨¦motions personnelles ainsi que celles des autres dans la sph¨¨re priv¨¦e. Le travail de gestion des ¨¦motions est une dimension importante des pratiques de soin transnationales dans lesquelles les migrants salvadoriens install¨¦s ¨¤ Perth, en Australie occidentale, s¡¯engagent afin de remplir leurs obligations envers leurs parents ag¨¦s, demeur¨¦s dans leur pays d¡¯origine. Il vise non seulement ¨¤ am¨¦liorer le bien-¨ºtre des parents ag¨¦s, mais ¨¦galement ¨¤ g¨¦rer des ¨¦v¨¦nements pr¨¦sents ou futurs que l¡¯¨¦loignement rend particuli¨¨rement p¨¦nibles, comme la maladie ou le d¨¦c¨¨s d¡¯un parent. L¡¯enjeu consiste, pour le migrant, ¨¤ r¨¦affirmer son identit¨¦ de ¡°bon¡± fils / ¡°bonne¡± fille qui tente de remplir au mieux ses devoirs envers ses parents malgr¨¦ la distance. This article explores the emotional dimension of filial dutyin a trans-national context. The emotional dimension here refers to the task of managing emotions, meaning the competencies and efforts needed in managing one¡¯s own emotions as well as those of others in the private sphere. The task of managing emotions is an important dimension in the trans-national care practices that Salvadorian migrants living in Perth, in Western Australia, commit themselves to in order to fulfil their obligations towards their aged parents, remaining in their country of origin. Their task is aimed not only at improving the well being of aged parents, but also at managing events present or future which their remoteness makes particularly painful, like illness or the death of a relative. For the migrant, what is at stake consists in reaffirming his/her identity as a ¡°good¡± son / ¡°good¡± daughter who tries as much as possible to fulfil his/her duties towards his/her parents despite the distance.
%U http://rsa.revues.org/186