Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children
In this article, we develop the concept of ‘transnational family habitus’ as a theoretical tool for making sense of the ways in which children and young people from a migrant background are ‘doing families’ transnationally. Drawing on over a decade of cumulative research on Caribbean and Italian fam...
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| author | Zontini, Elisabetta Reynolds, Tracey |
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| description | In this article, we develop the concept of ‘transnational family habitus’ as a theoretical tool for making sense of the ways in which children and young people from a migrant background are ‘doing families’ transnationally. Drawing on over a decade of cumulative research on Caribbean and Italian families in the UK, as well as on a new joint research project, we first investigate the opportunities and consequences of a transnational family habitus on family arrangements, kinship relationships and identity within a transnational context. Second, we analyse the role of these young people's structural location in Britain in shaping the boundaries of their transnational family habitus. We argue that one should see a transnational family habitus as an asset that can potentially disrupt conventional understandings of belonging and processes of inclusion and exclusion. However, we also detail how social divisions of class, race, and increasingly migration status, shape such a habitus. |
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| spelling | nottingham-486562020-05-04T19:21:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48656/ Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children Zontini, Elisabetta Reynolds, Tracey In this article, we develop the concept of ‘transnational family habitus’ as a theoretical tool for making sense of the ways in which children and young people from a migrant background are ‘doing families’ transnationally. Drawing on over a decade of cumulative research on Caribbean and Italian families in the UK, as well as on a new joint research project, we first investigate the opportunities and consequences of a transnational family habitus on family arrangements, kinship relationships and identity within a transnational context. Second, we analyse the role of these young people's structural location in Britain in shaping the boundaries of their transnational family habitus. We argue that one should see a transnational family habitus as an asset that can potentially disrupt conventional understandings of belonging and processes of inclusion and exclusion. However, we also detail how social divisions of class, race, and increasingly migration status, shape such a habitus. Wiley 2017-12-07 Article PeerReviewed Zontini, Elisabetta and Reynolds, Tracey (2017) Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children. Global Networks . ISSN 1471-0374 Caribbean and Italian families; identities; inclusions/exclusions; transnational children and young people; transnational family habitus; social divisions http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.12185/full doi:10.1111/glob.12185 doi:10.1111/glob.12185 |
| spellingShingle | Caribbean and Italian families; identities; inclusions/exclusions; transnational children and young people; transnational family habitus; social divisions Zontini, Elisabetta Reynolds, Tracey Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title | Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title_full | Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title_short | Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| title_sort | mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children |
| topic | Caribbean and Italian families; identities; inclusions/exclusions; transnational children and young people; transnational family habitus; social divisions |
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