Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives through the Life Course (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)

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 migration', it examines the implications of migration and mobility for families at different stages of the life course. Moreover, it brings together leading international scholars to connect a fragmented field of research, and in so doing enables an interdisciplinary exchange, generating new insights for theory, policy and empirical analysis.--Publisher's website. Introduction: Family life in an age of migration and mobility: introducing a global and family life course perspective / Majella Kilkey and Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck -- Mobilities and communication technologies: transforming care in family life / Loretta Baldassar -- Everyday practices of living in multiple places and mobilities: transnational, transregional, and intra-communal multi-local families / Michaela Schier -- Polymedia communication among transnational families: what are the long-term consequences for migration? / Mirca Madianou -- Traveling to the USA for fertility services: push and pull factors / Lauren Jade Martin -- Transnational surrogacy and 'kinning' rituals in India / Amrita Pande -- Marriage migration policy as a social reproduction system: the South Korean experience / Gyuchan Kim and Majella Kilkey -- Strangers in paradise? Italian mothers in Norway / Lise Widding Isaksen -- Transnational mothers and the law: Ghanaian women's pathways to family reunion and consequences for family life / Miranda Poeze and Valentina Mazzucato -- Fatherhood and masculinities in post-socialist Europe: the challenges of transnational migration / Ewa Palenga-Mollenbeck and Helma Lutz -- Swedish retirement migrants in Spain: mobility and eldercare in an aging Europe / Anna Gavanas and Ines Calzada -- Contrasts in ageing and agency in family migratory contexts: a comparison of Albanian and Latvian older migrants / Russell King, Julie Vullnetari, Aija Lulle, and Eralba Cela -- Defamilialization of whom? Re-thinking defamilialization in the light of global care chains and the transnational circulation of care / Florence Degavre and Laura Merla -- The contested meaning of care in migration law / Sarah van Walsum -- Conclusions / Majella Kilkey and Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck. Majella Kilkey, Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck, editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Foreword"--"In Commemoration of Sarah Van Walsum, 1955â#x80;#x93;2014"--"Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "1: Introduction: Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Introducing a Global and Family Life-Course Perspective" -- " Chapter Overview" -- " Notes" -- "References" -- "2: Mobilities and Communication Technologies: Transforming Care in Family Life" -- " Introduction" -- " Migration, Mobility and Communication Technologies Through the Lens of Family Caregiving" -- " Distant Care: New Media, ICTs and Mediated Caring" -- " The Limits of Distant Care and Policy Considerations" -- " Conclusion" -- "References" -- "3: Everyday Practices of Living in Multiple Places and Mobilities: Transnational, Transregional, and Intra-Communal Multi-Local Families" -- " Introduction" -- " Some Terminology Issues" -- " Research on the Phenomenon of Multi-local Family Life" -- " Family as Everyday Social Practice" -- " Doing Multi-local Family" -- " Methodology" -- " Managing Everyday Family Life: Three Examples" -- " Case Study 1: An Intra-communal Multi-local Family" -- " Case Study 2: A Transregional Multi-local Family" -- " Case Study 3: A Transnational Multi-local Family" -- " Comparing the Three Case Studies" -- " Requirements of Daily Life Management in Multi-local Families" -- " The Relevance of Different Contexts" -- " Different Timeâ#x80;#x93;Space Configurations" -- " Multiple Territorial Involvements" -- " Specific Constellations of Multi-locality" -- " Conclusion" -- " Notes" -- "References" -- "4: Polymedia Communication Among Transnational Families: What Are the Long-Term Consequences for Migration?" -- " Introduction" -- " Migration and Transnational Families" -- " Communication Technologies, Affordances, and Polymedia" Front Matter....Pages i-xxix Introduction: Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Introducing a Global and Family Life-Course Perspective....Pages 1-18 Mobilities and Communication Technologies: Transforming Care in Family Life....Pages 19-42 Everyday Practices of Living in Multiple Places and Mobilities: Transnational, Transregional, and Intra-Communal Multi-Local Families....Pages 43-69 Polymedia Communication Among Transnational Families: What Are the Long-Term Consequences for Migration?....Pages 71-93 Traveling to the USA for Fertility Services: Push and Pull Factors....Pages 95-118 Transnational Surrogacy and ‘Kinning’ Rituals in India....Pages 119-135 Marriage Migration Policy as a Social Reproduction System: The South Korean Experience....Pages 137-161 Strangers in Paradise? Italian Mothers in Norway....Pages 163-185 Transnational Mothers and the Law: Ghanaian Women’s Pathways to Family Reunion and Consequences for Family Life....Pages 187-211 Fatherhood and Masculinities in Post-socialist Europe: The Challenges of Transnational Migration....Pages 213-236 Swedish Retirement Migrants in Spain: Mobility and Eldercare in an Aging Europe....Pages 237-259 Contrasts in Ageing and Agency in Family Migratory Contexts: A Comparison of Albanian and Latvian Older Migrants....Pages 261-286 Defamilialization of Whom? Re-Thinking Defamilialization in the Light of Global Care Chains and the Transnational Circulation of Care....Pages 287-311 The Contested Meaning of Care in Migration Law....Pages 313-335 Conclusions....Pages 337-350 Back Matter....Pages 351-358