Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain
Britain, alongside other Western contemporary societies, has undergone important social and demographic transformations resulting from increased migration. One important change is that family life is increasingly practised across national borders. Research within the field of migration studies, has...
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| author | Reynolds, Tracey Zontini, Elisabetta |
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| description | Britain, alongside other Western contemporary societies, has undergone important social and demographic transformations resulting from increased migration. One important change is that family life is increasingly practised across national borders. Research within the field of migration studies, has been pivotal in highlighting the maintenance of family networks across national borders and geographical distance. Yet, rather surprisingly, a detailed analysis of family relationships that are practised across international borders is a marginal field of enquiry within British family studies. In this article, therefore, we argue the case for bringing transnational family studies in to the 'mainstream' academic field of family studies in Britain. We do so by drawing on examples from our respective studies on Caribbean and Italian transnational family relationships to (re)frame concepts typically associated with British family studies, such as for example the 'normative family', everyday practices involved in 'doing family' and the notion of 'families of choice'. |
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| spelling | nottingham-323632020-05-04T20:14:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32363/ Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain Reynolds, Tracey Zontini, Elisabetta Britain, alongside other Western contemporary societies, has undergone important social and demographic transformations resulting from increased migration. One important change is that family life is increasingly practised across national borders. Research within the field of migration studies, has been pivotal in highlighting the maintenance of family networks across national borders and geographical distance. Yet, rather surprisingly, a detailed analysis of family relationships that are practised across international borders is a marginal field of enquiry within British family studies. In this article, therefore, we argue the case for bringing transnational family studies in to the 'mainstream' academic field of family studies in Britain. We do so by drawing on examples from our respective studies on Caribbean and Italian transnational family relationships to (re)frame concepts typically associated with British family studies, such as for example the 'normative family', everyday practices involved in 'doing family' and the notion of 'families of choice'. Policy Press 2014-07 Article PeerReviewed Reynolds, Tracey and Zontini, Elisabetta (2014) Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain. Families, Relationships and Societies, 3 (2). pp. 251-268. ISSN 2046-7443 transnational families migration ethnicity family practices http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/frs/2014/00000003/00000002/art00007 doi:10.1332/204674314X14008543149532 doi:10.1332/204674314X14008543149532 |
| spellingShingle | transnational families migration ethnicity family practices Reynolds, Tracey Zontini, Elisabetta Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title | Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title_full | Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title_fullStr | Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title_short | Bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in Britain |
| title_sort | bringing transnational families from the margins to the centre of family studies in britain |
| topic | transnational families migration ethnicity family practices |
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