Abstract The article explores differences in the motivation for political engagement in a transnational context according to gender. The underlying ethnographic research reveals that the majority of Chicago’s Mexican migrant leaders – male and female – are simultaneously engaged in various political and civil society organisations; they are not only members of hometown associations and Mexican political parties, but also participate in nationwide US Latino organisations, immigrant organisations, human rights organisations and even in Mexican and US government institutions. In the article the political trajectories of four Mexican migrant leaders from Chicago are presented in short biographical portraits. The biographical approach shows the difference in life experience that formed these male and female leaders. For the men the motivation to become politically engaged is rooted in the sentiment of belonging to and being recognised in a community of origin. Therefore, male migrant leaders are deeply involve...

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性别与归属：芝加哥墨西哥移民领袖的政治参与

摘要 本文探讨了跨国背景下不同性别的政治参与动机差异。基本的人种学研究表明，芝加哥的大多数墨西哥移民领袖——男性和女性——同时参与各种政治和民间社会组织；他们不仅是家乡协会和墨西哥政党的成员，而且还参与美国全国性的拉丁裔组织、移民组织、人权组织，甚至是墨西哥和美国的政府机构。在这篇文章中，四位来自芝加哥的墨西哥移民领袖的政治轨迹以简短的传记形式呈现。传记方法显示了形成这些男性和女性领导者的生活经历的差异。对于男性而言，参与政治的动机植根于归属于原社区并在其中得到认可的情绪。因此，男性农民工领袖深陷...