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Transnational Families and Aged Care: The Mobility of Care and the Migrancy of Ageing

Baldassar, Loretta·2007·Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper is an ethnographic exploration of a seldom-discussed ‘micro’ dimension of transnational studies, the practices of long-distance family relations and aged care. The importance of time as a key variable in transnational research is demonstrated through comparisons of the care exchanges of three cohorts of Italian migrants in Australia and their kin in Italy. A focus on ‘transnationalism from below’, the more quotidian and domestic features of transmigrant experience, highlights the importance of considering the role of homeland kin and communities in discussions of migration. The analysis of transnational care-giving practices illustrates that migrancy is sometimes triggered by the need to give or receive care rather than the more commonly assumed ‘rational’ economic motivations. Transnational lives are thus shaped by the ‘economies of kinship’, which develop across changing state (‘macro’), community (‘meso’) and family migration (‘micro’) histories, including, in particular, culturally constructed notions of ‘ideal’ family relations and obligations, as well as notions of ‘successful’ migration and ‘licence to leave’.

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Authors: Baldassar, L.
Corresponding author: Baldassar, Loretta
ORCID: Baldassar, Loretta
Venue: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2007-03
Volume: 33
Issue: 2
Pages: 275-297
ISSN: 1369-183X (ISSN-L)
1469-9451
DOI: 10.1080/13691830601154252
OpenAlex: W1974371484
Cited by: 452
References: 42
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 20
FWCI: 32.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (publishedVersion)
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Social Sciences › Demography › Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Keywords: transnational families, elderly care, aging, migration motives, kinship obligations, family migration

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