Introduction: Gender and Intergenerational Relations in Multi-ethnic and Transnational Families
(2018) Making Multicultural Families in Europe. Gender and Intergenerational Relations — ISBN: [978-3-319-59754-6], published
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- In a worldwide context of increasing migratory flows, international research confirms the central role that families play in the migration plans and strategies of individuals, including the decision to emigrate and which family members must or can do so. Families also take on considerable importance in defining subsequent modifications, such as the length and development of migratory projects. Emigration in turn can alter marriage and couple models, ways of living together, and forms of cohabitation. The ‘migrant family’ is located in a social system where roles and relationships can be partially or completely different. The settlement of individuals in the receiving country, and their changing migration plans and strategies follow multiple pathways, including family reunions, mixed marriages, correspondence brides, small-sized families, and childless couples. The experience of migration, with its cultural and emotional break-ups can redefine and reorganize networks and relational dynamics, particularly between men and women, parents, grandparents, and children.
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Merla, L., Crespi, I., & Meda, S. G. (2018). Introduction: Gender and Intergenerational Relations in Multi-ethnic and Transnational Families. In Crespi, Isabella; Meda, Stefania Giada; Merla, Laura (ed.), Making Multicultural Families in Europe. Gender and Intergenerational Relations. Palgrave Macmillan. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/226579