Social remittances during COVID-19: on the “new normality” negotiated by transnational families [PDF]
Comparative Migration Studies, 2021 Social remittances- the transfer of ideas, practices, and codes of behaviors- are a well-documented subject in migrant transnationalism literature and transnational family studies.
Nare Galstyan, Mihran Galstyan
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Towards a model of resilience for transnational families of Filipina domestic workers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Many Filipinos experience poverty and poor employment opportunities. In order to alleviate poverty and provide sufficient resources for their families, numerous mothers leave the Philippines to become domestic workers.
Melissa R Garabiles +2 more
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“Good childhood”: children’s perception and evaluation of transnational families [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyIn public debates, transnational families are portrayed as a deviation from the norm of “good childhood.” In Europe, this is emphasized by the term “Euro-orphans,” branding parents’ (especially mothers’) absence as a violation and scandalizing it ...
Alexandra König +2 more
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Collage-based narratives of mothers of third culture kids: the in-between space of transnational families in the UAE [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis study delves into the lives of transnational families in the UAE, exploring their complex identities using a visual research approach known as the Collage Life Elicitation Technique (CLET).
Anna Marie Dillon, Tabassim Ali
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Language ideologies in transnational families with Israeli background in Finland [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyTransnational families manage complex language dynamics, with multifaceted linguistic practices representing a key aspect in shaping communication among family members, where balancing heritage and host country languages impacts both cultural ...
Gali Bloch
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The Powerful Map of Transnational Families: 'Marriage, spaces and life trajectories'
Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2011 Transnational families are, as the term suggests, social structures existing across national borders. Thus, individuals belonging to these families are in geographical terms separated by space.
Garbi Schmidt
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Transnational Somali Families in Cairo
Refuge, 2007 In this article, I examine how diasporic Somalis in Cairo experience being part of transnational families. I analyze two practices through which transnational family relations are maintained, experienced, and negotiated: (1) living arrangements of ...
Mulki Al-Sharmani
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Transnational Displays of Parenting and Caring For Elderly Parents
Vilnius University Open Series, 2020 This chapter is set up to incorporate Finch’s idea of ‘display’ to examine how migrant parents, adult migrant children, and close significant persons perform a set of actions to convey to each other and the society at large that these are family-doing ...
Irena Juozeliūnienė +2 more
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Doing family: Nicaraguan transnational families’ narratives on motherhood [PDF]
Global Networks, 2021 AbstractThis article explores transnational motherhood from the perspective of Nicaraguan migrant workers in Spain and Nicaraguan family members caring for migrant women's children. Our sample included families with children who have special needs, to explore how economically disadvantaged families draw upon migration as a strategy to address ...
Renée DePalma +2 more
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Séparées et réunies : familles migrantes et liens transnationaux
Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2008 The article treats the demand of women workforce in Italy and in Southern Europe, hired to satisfy the need of care activities in the families, and producing an international stratification of family care.
Maurizio Ambrosini
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