The transnational family : new European frontiers and global networks /
The transnational family : new European frontiers and global networks /
edited by Deborah Bryceson and Ulla Vuorela.
- xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Cross-cultural perspectives on women, v. 25 1068-8536 ; .
- Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Transnational Families in the Twenty-first Century / Europe's Transnational Families and Migration: Past and Present / Families Straddling National Boundaries and Cultures. Transnational Families: Imagined and Real Communities / Loss of Status or New Opportunities? Gender Relations and Transnational Ties among Bosnian Refugees / Deceitful Origins and Tenacious Roots: Moroccan Immigration and New Trends in Dutch Literature / Life-Cycle Uncertainties. Reconceptualizing Motherhood: Experiences of Migrant Women from Turkey Living in Germany / Righteous or Rebellious? Social Trajectory of Sahelian Youth in France / Breaking the Generational Contract? Japanese Migration and Old-age Care in Britain / Transnational Family Consolidation through Religion. Religion, Reciprocity and Restructuring Family Responsibility in the Ghanaian Pentecostal Diaspora / Religion, Migration and Wealth Creation in the Swaminarayan Movement / Economic and Political Networking. Hybridization of Religious and Political Practices amongst West African Muslim Migrants in Paris / North of South: European Immigrants' Stakeholdings in Southern Development / Senegal's Village Diaspora and the People Left Ahead / Epilogue / Deborah Bryceson and Ulla Vuorela. Deborah Bryceson -- Ulla Vuorela. Nadje Al-Ali. Daniela Merolla -- Umut Erel. Mahamet Timera. Misa Izuhara and Hiroshi Shibata -- Rijk van Dijk. Rohit Barot -- Monika Salzbrunn. Reynald Blion. Abdoulaye Kane -- Deborah Bryceson. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9. 10. Pt. V. 11. 12. 13.
"From an examination of nineteenth-century transnational families emigrating from Europe to the Ghanaian Pentecostal diaspora in Europe today, this book combines broadly based analysis with more unusual case studies to reveal the complexities that immigrants and refugees must contend with in their daily lives. What are the experiences of migrant Turkish women living in Germany? In what ways has religion been hybridized amongst West African Muslim migrants in Paris? What are the gender relations and transnational ties amongst Bosnian refugees?" "This book, wide-ranging in its geographical and thematic scope, is a timely addition to debates on transnational families, immigrants and refugees."--BOOK JACKET.
1859736769 9781859736760 1859736815 9781859736814
2002011074
Families--Cross-cultural studies
Transnationalism
Families--Europe
Immigrants--Europe
Refugees--Europe
HQ519 / .T728 2002
306.85
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Transnational Families in the Twenty-first Century / Europe's Transnational Families and Migration: Past and Present / Families Straddling National Boundaries and Cultures. Transnational Families: Imagined and Real Communities / Loss of Status or New Opportunities? Gender Relations and Transnational Ties among Bosnian Refugees / Deceitful Origins and Tenacious Roots: Moroccan Immigration and New Trends in Dutch Literature / Life-Cycle Uncertainties. Reconceptualizing Motherhood: Experiences of Migrant Women from Turkey Living in Germany / Righteous or Rebellious? Social Trajectory of Sahelian Youth in France / Breaking the Generational Contract? Japanese Migration and Old-age Care in Britain / Transnational Family Consolidation through Religion. Religion, Reciprocity and Restructuring Family Responsibility in the Ghanaian Pentecostal Diaspora / Religion, Migration and Wealth Creation in the Swaminarayan Movement / Economic and Political Networking. Hybridization of Religious and Political Practices amongst West African Muslim Migrants in Paris / North of South: European Immigrants' Stakeholdings in Southern Development / Senegal's Village Diaspora and the People Left Ahead / Epilogue / Deborah Bryceson and Ulla Vuorela. Deborah Bryceson -- Ulla Vuorela. Nadje Al-Ali. Daniela Merolla -- Umut Erel. Mahamet Timera. Misa Izuhara and Hiroshi Shibata -- Rijk van Dijk. Rohit Barot -- Monika Salzbrunn. Reynald Blion. Abdoulaye Kane -- Deborah Bryceson. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9. 10. Pt. V. 11. 12. 13.
"From an examination of nineteenth-century transnational families emigrating from Europe to the Ghanaian Pentecostal diaspora in Europe today, this book combines broadly based analysis with more unusual case studies to reveal the complexities that immigrants and refugees must contend with in their daily lives. What are the experiences of migrant Turkish women living in Germany? In what ways has religion been hybridized amongst West African Muslim migrants in Paris? What are the gender relations and transnational ties amongst Bosnian refugees?" "This book, wide-ranging in its geographical and thematic scope, is a timely addition to debates on transnational families, immigrants and refugees."--BOOK JACKET.
1859736769 9781859736760 1859736815 9781859736814
2002011074
Families--Cross-cultural studies
Transnationalism
Families--Europe
Immigrants--Europe
Refugees--Europe
HQ519 / .T728 2002
306.85