Families, Intimacy and Globalization - Floating Ties (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2018)

Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smartphones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to care for their children in the Philippines. Refugees use phones and international transfers to send money and support to parents overseas. Funerals, weddings and anniversaries prompt return visits by plane and are streamed online to kin around the world. The mechanisms and processes of globalization are transforming the ways in which people 'do' and think about their families. Families, Intimacy and Globalization examines their experiences, charting the tensions between the freedoms and choices of late modern individuals, on the one hand, and the constraints of relational ties of love and obligation, on the other, which produce the 'floating ties' of global families and intimate relationships. Using detailed examples from all corners of the globe and across the life course, from internet dating to parenting to aged care, this thought-provoking book examines the transformation of relationships by the processes of migration and the cultural and economic flows that are central to globalization.

General

Imprint:	Red Globe Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sociology for Globalizing Societies
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Raelene Wilding
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	201
Edition:	1st Ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-33859-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-33859-8
Barcode:	9781137338594

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