Families Caring Across Borders

Migration, Ageing and Transnational Caregiving
2007. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-4776-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

This is an ethnographic account of the transnational caregiving experiences and practices of Australian migrants and refugees, caring for their elderly parents in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and New Zealand. It describes how people respond to unprecedented mobility (both voluntary and forced), globalized job markets and an ageing population.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldassar, Loretta

Baldock, Cora Vellekoop

Wilding, Raelene

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables Introduction: Transnational Caregiving Researching Transnational Caregiving Contexts of Migration and Aged Care: Research Case Studies Transnational Care Giving Between the Generations Communicating Across Borders The Role of Visits Implications for Policy Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

LORETTA BALDASSAR is Associate Professor in Anthropology/Sociology at the University of Western Australia. Her publications include (2001), which won a 2002 NSW Premier's Literary Award and (with Ros Pesman, 2005) which is shortlisted for the prestigious NSW Premier's History Award 2006. Loretta is currently working on two co-edited volumes provisionally titled and as well as a large community project called 'Italian Lives in Western Australia'.

CORA VELLEKOOP BALDOCK is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, where she also holds an Honorary Doctorate. She has written extensively on paid and unpaid (volunteer) work of women, as well as the history of Australian and New Zealand sociology. Cora's experiences as a migrant caring for her elderly parents and also her own daughter back 'home' in the Netherlands inspired her contribution to the research in this book.

RAELENE WILDING is a Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology, School of Social Studies at the University of Western Australia. Her research into families, transnationalism, media, communication technologies and love has, to date, been published in journalsincluding , , and the .