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UNINA9910457088603321 |
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Titolo |
Transnational families : ethnicities, identities and social capital / / Harry Goulbourne. [et al.] |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-135-18195-0 |
1-282-57604-6 |
9786612576041 |
0-203-86218-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Relationships and Resources |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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306.85086/9120941 |
306.85089 |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrant families - Great Britain |
Transnationalism |
Families |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I Some general questions; 1 Theorizing transnational families; 2 Social capital joins the trinity: Families, ethnicities, communities; 3 Methodological issues and challenges; 4 The politics of migration; Part II Living and coping across boundaries; 5 Migrants, offspring and settlement; 6 Families, needs and caring practices; 7 Continuity and invention of identities within families and communities; 8 Problems of belonging and 'return'; 9 Alienation and escape from the family and community |
10 Crossing boundaries: Problems and opportunities in 'mixed' families11 Conclusion: Transnational families, policy and research challenges; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contemporary Western society is changing and, controversially, migration is often flagged up as one of the reasons why. The nature of population change challenges the conventional understandings of family forms and networks whilst multiculturalism poses challenges to |
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