Transnational families : ethnicities, identities and social capital /

Presents an overview of the emergence of understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types, and national boundaries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Goulbourne, Harry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Relationships and resources.
Subjects:
Immigrant families > Great Britain.
Transnationalism.
Families > Cross-cultural studies.
Immigrants.
Families.
Nuclear families.
Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnic groups.
Emigrants and Immigrants
Family
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethnicity
Nuclear Family
Familles immigrantes > Grande-Bretagne.
Transnationalisme.
Familles > Études transculturelles.
Familles.
Études transculturelles.
Groupes ethniques.
immigrants.
emigrants.
ethnic groups.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Reference.
Nuclear families
Immigrants
Ethnic groups
Cross-cultural studies
Families
Immigrant families
Transnationalism
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theorising transnational families
  • Social capital joins the trinity : families, ethnicities, communities
  • Methodological issues and challenges
  • The politics of migration
  • Migrants, offspring and settlement
  • Families, needs and caring practices
  • Continuity and invention of identities within families and communities
  • Problems of belonging and 'return'
  • Alienation and escape from the family and community
  • Crossing boundaries : problems and opportunities in 'mixed' families
  • Conclusion : transnational families, policy and research challenges.

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