A Currency of Love: Illuminating Motherhood across Immigrant, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Lines during COVID-19
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| Title: | A Currency of Love: Illuminating Motherhood across Immigrant, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Lines during COVID-19 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Marisa Segel, Eunhye Flavin (ORCID |
| Source: | Urban Education. 2025 60(6):1746-1776. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics, Family Environment, Mothers, Urban Schools, Parent Role, Parents as Teachers, Child Rearing, Immigrants, Cultural Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Elementary School Students, Cultural Capital, Parent Participation, Hispanic Americans, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | United States, Brazil |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859241244769 |
| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| Abstract: | The school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the work and home lives of families. Drawing on data from 19 interviews with Brazilian and non-Brazilian mothers in one urban elementary school, we explore how mothers negotiated their roles as caregivers, breadwinners, and teachers during this unprecedented time. Braiding Oliveira's concept of the currency of love with Yosso's concept of community cultural wealth, we argue that mothers across immigrant, cultural, and socioeconomic lines enacted similar care practices to sustain their children's learning. This study advances the literature by illuminating the sometimes invisible efforts of mothers to nurture their children's schooling. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1473451 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the work and home lives of families. Drawing on data from 19 interviews with Brazilian and non-Brazilian mothers in one urban elementary school, we explore how mothers negotiated their roles as caregivers, breadwinners, and teachers during this unprecedented time. Braiding Oliveira's concept of the currency of love with Yosso's concept of community cultural wealth, we argue that mothers across immigrant, cultural, and socioeconomic lines enacted similar care practices to sustain their children's learning. This study advances the literature by illuminating the sometimes invisible efforts of mothers to nurture their children's schooling. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859241244769 |
