10 research outputs found
Negotiating Care Across Borders & Generations: An Analysis of Care Circulation in Filipino Transnational Families in the Chubu Region of Japan
No full textTypologies of Caring Roles in Filipino Transnational Families : An Analysis of Care Circulation from a Life Course Perspective
No full textTypologies of Caring Roles in Filipino Transnational Families : An Analysis of Care Circulation from a Life Course Perspective
Full text link2018-09Due to increased international mobility and improvements in transportation and communication technologies, coupled with desires/needs for better economic opportunities, enhanced lifestyles and social safety, more and more people of various demographic profiles are experiencing the dynamics of transnational family life. Hence, researchers are now focusing on how families and their members are affected by separation across international borders. To adequately understand the complexity of issues involved and theorize the plurality of transnational family types, in this paper, I use a life course perspective to identify common roles played by Filipino transnational family members. Specifically, I look at how individual family members’ age and stage of life affect who provides care, who receives care, what kind of care is provided and how that care is provided. The key findings reveal that stereotypical constructions of fathers, children and grandparents as dependent, incapable and resistant to providing certain types of care are no longer accurate and must be reexamined and appropriately conceptualized. This paper also highlights the active role played by individual family members in the family’s care network, regardless of age and gender.departmental bulletin pape
Negotiating Care Across Borders & Generations: An Analysis of Care Circulation in Filipino Transnational Families in the Chubu Region of Japan
Full text link名古屋大学Nagoya University博士(国際開発学)doctoral thesi
Untold stories: Jamaican transnational mothers in New York City
No full textAbstractGlobalization and contemporary international labour migration continue to transform women’s lives. Moreover, gender stereotypes, biased cultural norms, biological responsibilities and economic marginalization serve to constrain women disproportionately, particularly mothers. Indeed, globalization and migration increases existing pressures associated with motherhood. They intensify societal expectations of women, and often result in extreme distress. Many transnational mothers suffer in silence with little or no chance to share their stories and be heard. This study explores the experiences of Jamaican transnational mothers in New York City and documents their stories in light of current research which investigates how transnational motherhood transgresses gender stereotypes and pushes the boundaries of gender roles and expectations. The stories shared in this paper vividly capture the women’s narratives of loss, longing, empowerment and shared responsibilities across borders.</jats:p
Contentious Relations and Emotional Burdens: Remittances in Filipino Transnational Families
Full text linkBased on data that was collected as part of a larger multi-sited transnational ethnography of Filipino migrants who live in the Chubu region of Japan and their family members in the Philippines, this paper discusses the unpleasant emotional encounters experienced by transnational families. The narratives presented in this paper show that migrant family members often provide care despite extreme emotional burdens, which have far-reaching implications for their emotional well-being but which is necessary to keep their families functional in difficult times. Additionally, this paper reveals that migrants’ concern for their family members’ welfare coupled with obligations of social reproduction often motivate migrants’ self-sacrifice, which sometimes result in disruptions in emotional relations, even if these ruptures are not likely to fundamentally undermine familial bonds and the strength of kinship ties
Contentious Relations and Emotional Burdens: Remittances in Filipino Transnational Families
No full textBased on data that was collected as part of a larger multi-sited transnational ethnography of Filipino migrants who live in the Chubu region of Japan and their family members in the Philippines, this paper discusses the unpleasant emotional encounters experienced by transnational families. The narratives presented in this paper show that migrant family members often provide care despite extreme emotional burdens, which have far-reaching implications for their emotional well-being but which is necessary to keep their families functional in difficult times. Additionally, this paper reveals that migrants’ concern for their family members’ welfare coupled with obligations of social reproduction often motivate migrants’ self-sacrifice, which sometimes result in disruptions in emotional relations, even if these ruptures are not likely to fundamentally undermine familial bonds and the strength of kinship ties
Research Report from the Overseas Training Program 2 in Thailand in 2016
Full text link2017-03departmental bulletin pape
