Living Between Multiple Sites

Transnational Family Relations from the Perspective of Elderly Non-Migrants in Junín, Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID3626293
AuthorsEva De Bruine (University of Amsterdam), Michaela Hordijk (0000-0002-5328-9894, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Carla Tamagno, Yanina Sánchez Arimborgo (University of Amsterdam)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue3
Pages483-500
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2013.733865
OpenAlexW2316382799
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited23

Transnationality—defined as maintaining a sense of familyhood across national borders—is a complex process. This article studies the complexities of transnationality by analysing remittance-sending and practices of connectivity between migrants and non-migrants from the Junín region in Peru, in order to disentangle the factors that influence transnational familyhood. This analysis shows how it is the kind of family relationship between migrant and non-migrant—rather than issues such as gender, class and years of separation—that informs the transnational family relations sustained. While this might seem obvious, few studies on transnational families have analysed this factor. The combination of the various (transnational) family relationships, together with the multi-sitedness and the ideas on family obligations, characterise a transnational family

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Gender relations · Geography · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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