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Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives through the Life Course
Majella Kilkey (Ed.)
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Description for Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives through the Life Course
Hardback. Editor(s): Kilkey, Majella; Palenga-Mollenbeck, Ewa. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 387 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
In an age of migration and mobility many aspects of contemporary family life - from biological reproduction to marriage, from child-rearing to care of the elderly - take place against a backdrop of intensified movement across a range of spatial scales from the global to the local. This insightful book analyzes the opportunities and challenges this poses for families and for academic, empirical and policy understandings of `the family' on a global level, including case studies from Europe, India, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States and Australia. With chapters on international reproductive tourism, transnational parenting, `mail-order brides' and `sunset ... Read more
In an age of migration and mobility many aspects of contemporary family life - from biological reproduction to marriage, from child-rearing to care of the elderly - take place against a backdrop of intensified movement across a range of spatial scales from the global to the local. This insightful book analyzes the opportunities and challenges this poses for families and for academic, empirical and policy understandings of `the family' on a global level, including case studies from Europe, India, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States and Australia. With chapters on international reproductive tourism, transnational parenting, `mail-order brides' and `sunset ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Condition
New
Weight
646g
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137520975
SKU
V9781137520975
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Ref
99-15
About Majella Kilkey (Ed.)
Majella Kilkey is Reader in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her current research centers on migration and families. Ewa Palenga-Moellenbeck is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Gender Studies Department at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Her research interests include migration, transnationalism, gender studies and care work.
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