Marital Relationships and Representations of Home: Multiplicity and Mobility as Key Elements in the Construction of Self-identity
By exploring the different representations of home of foreign-born partners in mixed couples residing in Morocco, this article aims to enrich the reflection on contemporary identity by countering migrant and nomad metaphors through the that of «home». This metaphor, which corresponds more closely to the process of identity construction among the interviewees, contributes to an epistemological rupture by introducing the idea of attachment and continuity within the trajectories of mobility and mixedness. I will demonstrate that, for these individuals, the construction of self-identity does not entail being uprooted, as is often depicted in postmodern metaphors but instead refers to mobile and plural bonds of attachment. I will also show that the multiplicity and fluidity of these representations of home allow these migrants in mixed couples to maintain a sense of continuity despite their mobile trajectories.