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Beyond One‐Way Chains: Care Circulation Within the Transnational Families of Vietnamese Marriage Immigrant Women in Taiwan

Tuan, Huynh Quoc·2026·Global Networks
DOI 10.1111/glob.70051
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Abstract

This article investigates care circulation within the transnational families of Vietnamese marriage immigrant women in Taiwan. Drawing on interviews with 30 immigrant women and 10 of their Vietnamese mothers, the study demonstrates how caregiving is negotiated across generations and borders under structural constraints. Women carry a double burden: performing intensive childcare and domestic work in Taiwan while providing financial and emotional support to Vietnamese families. Grandmothers travel to Taiwan to assist with childcare when visa policies permit, temporarily easing care burdens and enabling limited cultural transmission to grandchildren. However, care circulation is uneven and precarious. Care flows primarily through female networks while men remain peripheral, reproducing gendered divisions. Visa restrictions limit stays to short periods, creating dependency and recurring separations. This study advances care circulation theory by demonstrating that caregiving in marriage migration is multidirectional but fundamentally constrained by gender norms, state policies and unequal resources. Rather than a harmonious exchange, care circulation operates as a negotiated and inequitable practice that provides partial relief without challenging patriarchal care structures.

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Authors
Tuan, H. Q.
Affiliations
Ho Chi Minh City Open University (VN)
Corresponding author
Tuan, Huynh Quoc
ORCID
Tuan, Huynh Quoc
Venue
Global Networks
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2026-03-28
Volume
26
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 1470-2266 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0374
DOI
10.1111/glob.70051
OpenAlex
W7142475678
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21
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
Global Networks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
Keywords
transnational families, marriage immigrant women, Vietnamese immigrants, Taiwan, child care, domestic work, intergenerational caregiving, gender division of labor

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