Romanian Transnational Families Gender, Family Practices and Difference /

• Main Author: Ducu, Viorela (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology.; Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Emigration and immigration.; Gender Studies.; Family.; Migration.

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 commun...

Table of Contents:

• 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?.