Introduction: Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work 1
4. PART ONE. The Kin-scription of Older People into Care
5. 1. Flexible Kin Work, Flexible Migration: Aging Migrants Caught between Productive and Reproductive Labor in the European Union 25
6. 2. The New Aging Trajectories of Chinese Grandparents in Canada 43
7. 3. Sacrifice or Abandonment? Nicaraguan Grandmothers’ Narratives of Migration as Kin Work 61
8. PART TWO. Reconfigurations of Kinship and Care in Migration Contexts
9. 4. Fostering Change: Elderly Foster Mothers’ Intergenerational Influence in Contemporary China 85
10. 5. Negotiating Sacred Values: Dharma, Karma, and Migrant Hindu Women 102
11. 6. Transformations in Transnational Aging: A Century of Caring among Italians in Australia 120
12. PART THREE. Aging, Kin Work, and Migrant Trajectories
13. 7. Returning Home: The Retirement Strategies of Aging Ghanaian Care Workers 141
14. 8. Balancing the Weight of Nations and Families Transnationally: The Case of Older Caribbean Canadian Women 159
15. 9. The Recognition and Denial of Kin Work in Palliative Care: Epitomizing Narratives of Canadian Ismaili Muslims 180
16. Acknowledgments 197
17. References 199
18. About the Contributors 223
19. Index 227