Sustaining Families across Transnational Spaces: Vietnamese Migrant Parents and their Left-Behind Children

被引:73
作者
Lan Anh Hoang [1 ]
Yeoh, Brenda S. A. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Sch Social & Polit Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore, Singapore
[3] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Singapore, Singapore
[4] Natl Univ Singapore, Asia Res Inst, Singapore, Singapore
来源
ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW | 2012年 / 36卷 / 03期
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
Vietnam; transnational migration; children; emotion; family; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; GENDER; MIGRATION; EMOTIONS; DISTANCE; WORK;
D O I
10.1080/10357823.2012.711810
中图分类号
K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ;
摘要
The continually growing number of Asian migrant workers, the majority of whom are in the prime of their reproductive lives and leave families including children behind in their home countries, raises important questions about how families are sustained across transnational spaces. It is our aim in this paper to enhance understanding of the complex relationship between migration and the family in Asia by exploring bonding and parenting efforts between migrant parents and their left-behind children across time and space. In doing so, we draw on and engage with the literature on global householding, transnational families and emotion. Using qualitative data collected from in-depth interviews with carers of left-behind children in Northern Vietnam, the paper also sheds light on children's attitudes and reactions to their parents' migration as well as changes in their feelings over time.
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页码:307 / 325
页数:19
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