
Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work
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- Intro
- Series Page
- Dedications
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction. Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work
- Part One. The Kin-scription of Older People into Care
- Chapter 1. Flexible Kin Work, Flexible Migration. Aging Migrants Caught between Productive and Reproductive Labor in the European Union
- Chapter 2. The New Aging Trajectories of Chinese Grandparents in Canada
- Chapter 3. Sacrifice or Abandonment? Nicaraguan Grandmothers' Narratives of Migration as Kin Work
- Part Two. Reconfigurations of Kinship and Care in Migration Contexts
- Chapter 4. Fostering Change: Elderly Foster Mothers' Intergenerational Influence in Contemporary China
- Chapter 5. Negotiating Sacred Values. Dharma, Karma, and Migrant Hindu Women
- Chapter 6. Transformations in Transnational Aging. A Century of Caring among Italians in Australia
- Part Three. Aging, Kin Work, and Migrant Trajectories
- Chapter 7. Returning Home. The Retirement Strategies of Aging Ghanaian Care Workers
- Chapter 8. Balancing the Weight of Nations and Families Transnationally. The Case of Older Caribbean Canadian Women
- Chapter 9. The Recognition and Denial of Kin Work in Palliative Care. Epitomizing Narratives of Canadian Ismaili Muslims
- Acknowledgments
- References
- About the Contributors
- Index
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