Reproduction and Representations of Family Among Malian Migrants in Paris, France

当代世界的移民面临着重大的身份认同问题，因为现代技术促进了与当前和原始文化联系在一起的跨国存在。移徙者面临的一个主要问题是根据新的情况调整他们希望的家庭规模。传统社会强调子女人数多，而现代社会对合理家庭规模的看法则有所降低。这项由一位人类学家和一位历史人口统计学家进行的研究研究了马里移民到巴黎如何重组和谈判他们作为父母的身份。在家庭中，男子和妇女面临着相互矛盾的压力。生物医学信息促进生育控制，伊斯兰教，法国移民政策产生了矛盾的反应，住宿和阻力，导致婚姻冲突的家庭规模和组成。 男子以伊斯兰教义为由反对避孕，而妇女则以疲劳、疾病和经济安全为由为避孕辩护。 这项对巴黎马里移民的研究将探讨伊斯兰教在塑造移民对生育控制信息的反应方面的作用。 该项目将追踪马里在过去三十年中对适当家庭规模和形式的表述，重点是法国乡村协会在法国和西非家庭之间的调解作用。 将在有大量非洲人口的巴黎地区的村庄和社区协会、工人宿舍和保健服务机构对移民进行系统抽样。将在两年期间对180名男女进行有组织的访谈。将检验有关移民政策和男女不同生育战略的假设。这项研究将有助于人类学的生殖政治的理解，记录在马里人在法国的生殖关系所涉及的本地和全球过程。通过侧重于男子和妇女的目标和偏好，这项研究将深入了解生殖目标是如何被共享和争夺的，以及跨国联系如何塑造家庭组织。

Immigrants in the contemporary world are faced with significant problems of identity, since modern technology facilitates a transnational existence with ties in both current and original cultures. A major issue faced by migrants is adjusting their desired family size to their new circumstances. Traditional societies stressed large numbers of children while modern societies have a reduced vision of a reasonable family size. This research by an anthropologist and a historical demographer studies how Malian immigrants to Paris restructure and negotiate their identities as parents. Within the family men and women face contradictory pressures. Biomedical messages promoting fertility control, Islam, and French immigration policy have generated conflicting responses of accommodation and resistance resulting in marital conflicts over family size and composition. Men oppose contraception, citing Islamic doctrine, while women justify contraceptive use based on fatigue, sickness and economic security. This research on Malian immigrants in Paris will examine the role of Islam in shaping migrant responses to fertility control messages. The project will trace Malian representations of appropriate family size and shape over the past three decades, focusing on the role of village associations in France mediating between family in France and West Africa. Systematic sampling of migrants will be done in sites of village and community associations, workers' hostels and health services in Paris districts with substantial African populations. Structured interviews with 180 women and men over a two-year period will be carried out. Hypotheses will be tested relating immigration policy and different reproductive strategies of men and women. The research will contribute to the anthropological understanding of the politics of reproduction, documenting the local and global processes implicated in reproductive relations of Malians in France. By focusing on men's and women's objectives and preferences, the research will provide insights into how reproductive goals are shared, contested, and how transnational linkages shape family organization.