Description
Book Synopsis In today’s globalized world, where the foundations of home and social security are destabilized due to wars and neoliberal transformations, the villagers of Kosovo are linked with a common locality despite living across borders. By tracing long-distant family relations with a special focus on cross-border marriages, this study looks at the reconfiguration of care relations, gender and generational roles among kin-members of Kosovo, who now live in different European states.
Trade Review “This book is based on careful and in-depth ethnographic research, and it expertly embeds its findings in patterns on broader historical and geographical scales. The book displays all the hallmarks of high-quality anthropological research.” • Stef Jansen, University of Sarajevo
Table of Contents List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on text
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Kinship and Care across the Kosovo Borders
Chapter 1. Translocal Foundations of a Kosovo village
Chapter 2. Migrant Trajectories: Shifting Relations of Translocal Families
Chapter 3. Family Roles in Care across Translocal Households
Chapter 4. Home and Investment: Shifts in Perceptions and Their Material Manifestation
Chapter 5. Seeking a Future and Fortune: Partner Selection in a Translocal Space
Chapter 6. Weddings as Affirmation of the Translocal: Family and Kinship
Chapter 7. Realities of Cross-Border Marriages: Re-Arranging Family and Gender Relations
Conclusion: Translocal Family Care: Outlook and Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
