Transnational Families - Ethnicities, Identities and Social Capital

Zusatztext "Transnational Families offers the reader a rich insight into the lives of Caribbean and Italian migrants! their families and offspring! the challenges they encounter! their negotiations of belonging and return. The book will be of interest to all scholars and students studying transnational migration matters and it serves as a good example of transnational and multi-sited qualitative research and its challenges."- Lena Näre! Nordic Journal of Migration Research Informationen zum Autor Harry Goulbourne is Professor of Sociology at London South Bank University, UK. Tracey Reynolds is Senior Research Fellow in the Families & Social Capital Research Group at London South Bank University, UK. John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University, UK. Elisabetta Zontini is Lecturer in Sociology at Nottingham University, UK. Klappentext This innovative book provides an overview of the emergence of new understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types, and national boundaries. Zusammenfassung This innovative book provides an overview of the emergence of new understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types, and national boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Theorising Transnational Families 2.Social Capital Joins the Trinity: Families, Ethnicities, Communities 3.Methodological Issues and Challenges 4.Migration, Transnational Families and Communities 5.Migrants, Offspring, and Settlement 6.Families, Needs and Caring Practices 7.Continuity and Invention Of Identities Within Families and Communities 8.Problems of Belonging and ‘Return’ 9.Alienation and Escape from the Family and Community 10.Crossing Boundaries: Problems and Opportunities in ‘Mixed’ Families 11.Conclusion: Transnational Families, Policy, and Research Challenges

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• Authors: Harry Goulbourne, Harry (London South Bank University Goulbourne, Harry Reynolds Goulbourne, Goulbourne Harry, Tracey Reynolds, Reynolds Tracey, John Solomos, Solomos John, Elisabetta Zontini, Zontini Elisabetta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2011
• EAN: 9780415677530
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67753-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Relationships and Resources
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples