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Romanian Transnational Families
Gender, Family Practices and Difference
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Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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Veröffentl.: | 18.06.2018 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783319902425 |
Sprache: | englisch |
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<p>This book explores novel aspects of transnational family research through the study of Romanian transnational families. A range of topics are covered, including the impact of lodging type upon life strategies; understudied elements in transnational relationships; gender roles in transnational communication; multinational relationships; the role of polymedia in the formation of couples; and the lives of the children of Romanian transnational families.<i> </i>The author presents the experiences of ‘leavers’ as well as of ‘stayers’; of the ‘highly-skilled’ as well as the ‘low-skilled’; that of women and that of men - through individual testimonies and couple interviews.</p>
<p><i>Romanian Transnational Families </i>will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, anthropology and geography.</p>Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com<p></p><ul></ul><p> </p>
<p><i>Romanian Transnational Families </i>will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, anthropology and geography.</p>Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com<p></p><ul></ul><p> </p>
<p>1. Introduction.- 2. Methodological challenges in transnational family research.- 3. Two perspectives on family life through the lens of lodging type.- 4. “Staying in touch” - views from abroad and from home.- 5. Romanian children in multiple worlds.- 6. Afterword: what next for Romanian transnational family research?.</p>
<p>Viorela Ducu is Associate Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania. </p><p></p>
<p>This book explores novel aspects of transnational family research through the study of Romanian transnational families. A range of topics are covered, including the impact of lodging type upon life strategies; understudied elements in transnational relationships; gender roles in transnational communication; multinational relationships; the role of polymedia in the formation of couples; and the lives of the children of Romanian transnational families.<i> </i>The author presents the experiences of ‘leavers’ as well as of ‘stayers’; of the ‘highly-skilled’ as well as the ‘low-skilled’; that of women and that of men - through individual testimonies and couple interviews.</p>
<p><i>Romanian Transnational Families </i>will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, anthropology and geography.</p>
<p></p><ul></ul><p></p>Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com<p></p>
<p> </p>
<p><i>Romanian Transnational Families </i>will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, anthropology and geography.</p>
<p></p><ul></ul><p></p>Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com<p></p>
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Approaches transnational families as a set of daily practices through which a continuous co-presence is shared Draws on a rich data set Presents the way gender roles are reconfigured under migration