The Family in Question: Immigrant and Ethnic Minorities in Multicultural Europe

by Grillo, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9789053568699
• ISBN10: 9053568697
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Amsterdam Univ Pr

Summary

The family lives of immigrants and ethnic minority populations have become central to arguments about the right and wrong ways of living in multicultural societies. While the characteristic cultural practices of such families have long been scrutinized by the media and policy makers, these groups themselves are beginning to reflect on how to manage their family relationships in a world where migration is a transnational piece of the pluralized global puzzle. Exploring case studies from Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Australia,The Family in Questionexplores how those in public policy often dangerously reflect the popular imagination, xenophobically stereotyping immigrants and their families, rather than recognizing the complex changes taking place within the global immigrant community.

Author Biography

Ralph Grillo is professor of social anthropology emeritus at the University of Sussex.

Table of Contents

The Family in Dispute: Insiders and Outsiders	p. 15
Inside and Outside: Contrasting Perspectives on the Dynamics of Kinship and Marriage in Contemporary South Asian Transnational Networks	p. 37
'For Women and Children!' The Family and Immigration Politics in Scandinavia	p. 71
Defining 'Family' and Bringing It Together: The Ins and Outs of Family Reunification in Portugal	p. 89
Debating Cultural Difference: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam and Women	p. 113
Family Dynamics, Uses of Religion and Inter-Ethnic Relations within the Portuguese Cultural Ecology	p. 135
The Dream of Family: Muslim Migrants in Austria	p. 165
Who Cares? 'External', 'Internal' and 'Mediator' Debates about South Asian Elders' Needs	p. 187
Italian Families in Switzerland: Sites of Belonging or 'Golden Cages'? Perceptions and Discourses inside and outside the Migrant Family	p. 205
Dealing with "That Thing': Female Circumcision and Sierra Leonean Refugee Girls in the UK	p. 225
Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Intermarriage in Spain: Beyond Simplistic Notions of Hybridity	p. 245
Debating Culture across Distance: Transnational Families and the Obligation to Care	p. 269
Index	p. 299
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