LEADER 05723oam 2200757z- 450 001 9911052922003321 005 20240624135618.0 010 $a1-77614-878-9 035 $a(CKB)5710000000219327 035 $a(EXLCZ)995710000000219327 100 $a20240130c2023uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 00$aTransnational families in Africa $emigrants and the role of information communication technologies /$fEdited by Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar ; Foreword by Gonzalo Bacigalupe 210 $cWits University Press 311 08$a1-77614-864-9 327 $tForeword /$rGonzalo Bacigalupe --$tAcknowledgements --$gPart 1: Theoretical context$tChapter 1: Setting the scene /$rMaria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar --$tChapter 2: Methodological challenges and opportunities: Our work, our selves /$rDaniella Rafaely, Loretta Baldassar, Leslie Swartz and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer --$gPart 2: Participants' stories of African migration, family relations and ICTs$tChapter 3: 'Ah! Do I know what data is, my child?' Rural-urban migration and the struggle to stay in touch /$rLactricia Maja, Risuna Mathebula, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer --$tChapter 4: 'They will be yearning': Zimbabwean migration to South Africa and keeping the family connected /$rSiko Moyo, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer --$tChapter 5: 'You do not finish all stories': Malawian families and the struggle to stay connected /$rEsther Price and Glory Kabaghe --$tChapter 6: (Dis)connections: The paradox of intergenerational WhatsApp communication in transnational Kenyan families /$rAjwang' Warria --$tChapter 7: Making a world of care: DRC refugees' barber shop stories /$rThembelihle Coka and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer --$tChapter 8: The luxury of longing: Experiences of ICTs by South African emigrants to non-African countries and their families /$rMaria C. Marchetti-Mercer and Leslie Swartz --$gPart 3: Final considerations$tChapter 9: Analysis of important data emerging from the study /$rMaria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar --$tChapter 10: Looking ahead: Paradox, criticality and a way forward /$rDaniella Rafaely, Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar. 330 $a"This is the first book to capture the poignant stories of transnational African families and their use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in mediating their experiences of migration and caring across distance. Transnational Families in Africa analyses the highs and lows of family separation as a result of migration in three contexts: migration within South Africa from rural to urban areas; migration from other African countries into South Africa; and middle-class South Africans emigrating to non-African countries. The book foregrounds the importance of kinship and support from extended family as well as both the responsibilities migratory family members feel and the experience of loss by those left behind. Across the diverse circumstances explored in the book are similarities in migrants' strategies for keeping in touch, but also large differences in relation to access to ICTs and ease-of-use that highlight the digital divide and generational gaps. As elsewhere in the world, and in spite of the varied experiences in these kinship circles, the phenomenon that is the transnational family is showing no signs of receding. This book provides a groundbreaking contribution to global debates on migration from the Global South." -- Amazon.com. 517 $aTransnational Families in Africa 606 $aImmigrants$xFamily relationships$zSouth Africa 606 $aInformation technology$xSocial aspects$zSouth Africa 606 $aMigration, Internal$zSouth Africa 606 $aSouth Africans$zForeign countries 606 $aTransnationalism 606 $aCommunication in families 606 $aCommunication$xTechnological innovations$1http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117715 606 $aTechnologies de l'information et de la communication 606 $aTechnologie de l'information$zAfrique 606 $aTransnationalisme 606 $aCommunication dans la famille 606 $aTechnologie de l'information$xAspect social$zAfrique du Sud 606 $aMigration inte?rieure$zAfrique du Sud 606 $aSud-Africains$zPays e?trangers 607 $aSouth Africa$xEmigration and immigration 615 0$aImmigrants$xFamily relationships 615 0$aInformation technology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMigration, Internal 615 0$aSouth Africans 615 0$aTransnationalism. 615 0$aCommunication in families. 615 0$aCommunication$xTechnological innovations 615 6$aTechnologies de l'information et de la communication. 615 6$aTechnologie de l'information 615 6$aTransnationalisme. 615 6$aCommunication dans la famille. 615 6$aTechnologie de l'information$xAspect social 615 6$aMigration inte?rieure 615 6$aSud-Africains 676 $a304.8/68 676 $a304.8096 702 $aMarchetti-Mercer$b Maria Chiara 702 $aSwartz$b Leslie$f1955- 702 $aBaldassar$b Loretta$f1965- 702 $aBacigalupe$b Gonzalo 702 $aRafaely$b Daniella 702 $aMaja$b Latricia 702 $aMathebula$b Risuna 702 $aMadonsela$b Sonto 702 $aMoyo$b Siko 702 $aPrice$b Esther 702 $aKabaghe$b Glory 702 $aWarria$b Ajwang' 702 $aCoka$b Thembelihle 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911052922003321 996 $aTransnational families in Africa$94528640 997 $aUNINA