Translocal care across Kosovo's borders : reconfiguring kinship along gender and generational lines /

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"In today's globalized world, where the foundations of home and social security are destabilized due to wars and neoliberal transformations, the villagers of Kosovo are linked with a common locality despite living across borders. By tracing long-distant family relations with a special focu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2023.
Series:Anthropology of Europe ; volume 8
Subjects:
Marriage > Kosovo (Republic)
Kinship > Kosovo (Republic)
Families > Kosovo (Republic)
Transnationalism > Social aspects > Kosovo (Republic)
Kosovans > Foreign countries.
Families.
Kinship.
Kosovans.
Marriage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Kosovo (Republic)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: kinship and care across Kosovo's borders
  • Translocal foundations of a Kosovo village
  • Migrant trajectories: shifting relations of translocal families
  • Family roles in care across translocal households
  • Home and investment: shifts in perceptions and their material manifestation
  • Seeking a future and fortune: partner selection in a translocal space
  • Weddings as affirmation of the translocal: family and kinship
  • Realities of cross-border marriages: rearranging family and gender relations
  • Conclusion: translocal family care: outlook and conclusion.

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