Gender Role Negotiation in the Migration Process. Bulgarian Migrants in Castile and Leon (Spain)

The Bulgarian community is one of the biggest migrants community settled in Castile and Leon (Spain). They have reached a high level of integration in the local terrain. Such integration strongly affects the migrants’ way of live, especially concerning to their conception of the roles of gender. The way in which male and female roles are understood by the community have a strong effect in terms of social position and social power. Therefore it is interesting to analyze the gender social construction in Bulgaria and how it has changed within the integration process, thanks to the migrants’ associations considered as the arena of the gender role negotiation.