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A Mother’s Love

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The relationship between mothers and daughters is critical in this study. The women spoke a lot about their mothers and the close bond they shared with them. Values, identities, belonging and the desire for upward mobility are established in the home and particularly influenced by the mother. It is this unconditional love and support that the women receive from their mothers that instils them with confidence and the drive to face challenges and to prove they are successful migrants worthy of respect and status. The women were indebted to their mothers for their support and encouragement, which helped them to excel in their education and career.

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Mirza, N. (2020). A Mother’s Love. In: Navigating the Everyday as Middle-Class British-Pakistani Women. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49312-7_4

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