Overview
- Generates a renewed and more comprehensive understanding of the interconnections between migration and family life in the EU, both within and across borders
- Combines qualitative and quantitative data
- Covers a wide range of migratory flows to the EU
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life (PSFL)
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About this book
This edited collection explores family relations in two types of 'migrant families' in Europe: mixed families and transnational families. Based on in-depth qualitative fieldwork and large surveys, the contributors analyse gender and intergenerational relations from a variety of standpoints and migratory flows. In their examination of family life in a migratory context, the authors develop theoretical approaches from the social sciences that go beyond migration studies, such as intersectionality, the solidarity paradigm, care circulation, reflexive modernization and gender convergence theory.
Making Multicultural Families in Europe will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including migration and transnationalism studies, family studies, intergenerational studies, gender studies, cultural studies, development studies, globalization studies, ethnic studies, gerontology studies, social network analysis and social work.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Multi-ethnic Families: Negotiating Differences Across Gender and Generations
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Transnational Families: Managing Care and Intimate Relationships at a Distance
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Reviews
“Drawing on rich and diverse empirical examples, the volume illuminates how gender and generational dynamics are forged across national borders, and documents the everyday practices and processes of ‘doing family’ in multi-ethnic and transnational contexts.” (Loretta Baldassar, University of Western Australia)
“A fascinating and multivocal study of gender and intergenerational dynamics in ‘migrant families’” (Paolo Boccagni, University of Trento, Italy)
“An important contribution to family literature.” (Valentina Mazzucato, Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Isabella Crespi is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Macerata, Italy, and coordinator of the RN13 of the European Sociological Association.
Stefania Giada Meda is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Catholic University of Milano, Italy.
Laura Merla is Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Multicultural Families in Europe
Book Subtitle: Gender and Intergenerational Relations
Editors: Isabella Crespi, Stefania Giada Meda, Laura Merla
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59755-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59754-6Published: 22 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09647-2Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59755-3Published: 13 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-6440
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 263
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Sociology of Culture, Gender Studies