Managing "Difference" in Eastern-European Transnational Families

Gendered and practice-oriented qualitative studies follow processes of emancipation, family practices, redistribution of gendered roles, forms of abuse, social remittance, confrontation between rights and cultures, forming joint action strategies and egalitarian capital, in an emergence of new and area-specific social actors.

Studies in this book have been gathered on the occasion of two academic events in the field of Transnational Families, focusing on the Eastern-European space, from a diversified qualitative social research perspective. The volume places a special emphasis on a gendered and practice-oriented approach, exploring territories of domination and empowerment that inform the negotiation of difference. Studies follow processes of emancipation, family practices, redistribution of gendered roles, forms of abuse, social remittance, confrontation between rights and cultures, forming joint action strategies and egalitarian capital, in a process of emergence of new social actors. Studies reflect back upon the ambiguity of conceptual frameworks to be put to use while approaching this yet unexplored area.

Autorentext

Viorela Ducu is the principal investigator of the project «Confronting difference through the practices of transnational families» at the Centre for Population Studies in Cluj-Napoca. Áron Telegdi-Csetri is a voluntary researcher in the project «Confronting difference through the practices of transnational families» at the Centre for Population Studies, Cluj-Napoca.

Inhalt

transnational families - Eastern Europe - migration - difference - cosmopolitanism - family practices - bi-national couples - transnational mothers - transnational fathers - gender roles - human trafficking - inter-country adoption - human rights - egalitarianism - patriarchal society - social actors - care drain