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Transnational childrearing and the preservation of transnational identity in Brazzaville, Congo

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WHITEHOUSE, BRUCE·2009·Global Networks
DOI 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00243.xPMC PMC3736992
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Drawing on ethnographic research conducted at two ends of an intra‐Africa migration flow (Mali and the Republic of Congo), in this article I examine the role of childrearing practices in the maintenance of transnationalism. I consider different approaches to transnational childrearing by migrant parents and their reasons for adopting them, and delineate three common modes. The most widespread and socially validated approach is to send children home from Congo to their parents’ places of origin, where child fostering is widespread, to be raised by relatives for long periods; this approach increases the durability of transnational ties. I use childrearing approaches as an analytical lens to demonstrate the complementarity of multiple forms of domestic organization, mobility and settlement in the inter‐generational production and transmission of durable transnational identities. By arguing for greater focus on phenomena such as transnational childrearing, I seek to promote a broader conceptualization of transnationalism.

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  • Pre-existing norms of social parenthood and practices of child fostering are not exclusive to the Ghanaian case, but can be found in other regions, especially West Africa and the Caribbean, making the study potentially relevant for other cases.

    “Pre-existing norms of social parenthood and practices of child fostering are not exclusive to the Ghanaian case, but can be found in other regions, especially West Africa (Whitehouse 2009) and the Caribbean (Soto 1989), making our study potentially relevant for other cases.”

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Authors
WHITEHOUSE, B.
Affiliations
Lehigh University (US)
Corresponding author
WHITEHOUSE, BRUCE
ORCID
WHITEHOUSE, BRUCE
Venue
Global Networks
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-12-09
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
82-99
ISSN
  • 1470-2266 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0374
DOI
10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00243.x
PMC
PMC3736992
OpenAlex
W2065030370
Cited by
53
References
40
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 7
FWCI
5.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Global Networks (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32HD007338)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › China's Global Influence and Migration
Keywords
transnational identity, transnationalism, intra-African migration, Mali, Republic of the Congo, child fostering, migrant parents, intergenerational transmission, domestic organization, Brazzaville

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