This book explores novel aspects of transnational family research through the study of Romanian transnational families. A range of topics are covered, including the impact of lodging type upon life strategies; understudied elements in transnational relationships; gender roles in transnational communication; multinational relationships; the role of polymedia in the formation of couples; and the lives of the children of Romanian transnational families. The author presents the experiences of leavers as well as of stayers; of the highly-skilled as well as the low-skilled; that of women and that of men - through individual testimonies and couple interviews.
Romanian Transnational Families will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, anthropology and geography.
Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
1. Introduction.
2. Methodological challenges in transnational family research.
3. Two perspectives on family life through the lens of lodging type.
4. Staying in touch - views from abroad and from home.
5. Romanian children in multiple worlds.
6. Afterword: what next for Romanian transnational family research?.
Viorela Ducu is Associate Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies, Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
This book explores novel aspects of transnational family research through the study of Romanian transnational families. A range of topics are covered, including the impact of lodging type upon life strategies; understudied elements in transnational relationships; gender rolĂ.
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