The affective dimension of immigrant mothers involvement in their childrens schooling

What is it about?

The concept of emotional capital builds onBourdieu’s identification of social, cultural and symbolic capital as forms of power that grant privileges and legitimacy to their holders (Bourdieu, 1986). This article provides an analysis of migrant mothers’ involvement in their children’s education, highlighting the emotional dimensions of the educational work undertaken at home.

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Why is it important?

we argue that the reserves of cultural and emotional capital required for effective participation in children’s education can be both consolidated and diminished through the process of migration. Perceived ineffective involvement comes at heavy emotional price, threatening some women’s perceptions of themselves as ‘good mothers’.