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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457088603321

Titolo

Transnational families : ethnicities, identities and social capital / / Harry Goulbourne. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-18195-0

1-282-57604-6

9786612576041

0-203-86218-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Relationships and Resources

Altri autori (Persone)

GoulbourneHarry

Disciplina

306.85086/9120941

306.85089

Soggetti

Immigrant families - Great Britain

Transnationalism

Families

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



our understanding of social change, families and social capital. This innovative book provides an overview of the emergence of new understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types, and national boundaries. Based on new empirical data from fairly distinct set