Translocal care across Kosovo's borders reconfiguring kinship along gender and generational lines
"In today's globalized world, where the foundations of home and social security are destabilized due to wars and neoliberal transformations, the villagers of Kosovo are linked with a common locality despite living across borders. By tracing long-distant family relations with a special focu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Berghahn
2023, 2023
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| Series: | Anthropology of Europe
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: kinship and care across Kosovo's borders
- Translocal foundations of a Kosovo village
- Migrant trajectories: shifting relations of translocal families
- Family roles in care across translocal households
- Home and investment: shifts in perceptions and their material manifestation
- Seeking a future and fortune: partner selection in a translocal space
- Weddings as affirmation of the translocal: family and kinship
- Realities of cross-border marriages: rearranging family and gender relations
- Conclusion: translocal family care: outlook and conclusion
- Includes bibliographical references and index