The Scattered Family
Parenting, African Migrants, and Global Inequality
By Cati Coe
"The Scattered Family" is published by University of Chicago Press in Nov 15, 2013, the book is classified in Social Science genre, it has 256 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The Scattered Family” Metadata:
- Title: The Scattered Family
- Author: Cati Coe
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 256
- Is Family Friendly: Yes - No Mature Content
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: Nov 15, 2013
- Genres: Social Science
“The Scattered Family” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Foreign workers - International relations - Family, africa - United states, social conditions - Ghanaian Foreign workers - Families - Children of foreign workers - Foreign workers' families - Transnationalism - Social aspects
Edition Specifications:
- Format: hardcover
Edition Identifiers:
- Google Books ID: bQoGAQAAQBAJ
- The Open Library ID: OL27589821M - OL20375080W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 835606170
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2013008861
- ISBN-13: 9780226072241 - 9780226072418
- ISBN-10: 022607224X - 022607241X
- All ISBNs: 022607224X - 9780226072241 - 9780226072418 - 022607241X
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"The Scattered Family" Description:
The Open Library:
Today's unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In this book, the author offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad.
Google Books:
Today’s unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In The Scattered Family, Cati Coe offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad. Challenging oversimplified concepts of globalization as a wholly unchecked force, she details the diverse and creative ways Ghanaian families have adapted long-standing familial practices to a contemporary, global setting. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, Coe uncovers a rich and dynamic set of familial concepts, habits, relationships, and expectations—what she calls repertoires—that have developed over time, through previous encounters with global capitalism. Separated immigrant families, she demonstrates, use these repertoires to help themselves navigate immigration law, the lack of child care, and a host of other problems, as well as to help raise children and maintain relationships the best way they know how. Examining this complex interplay between the local and global, Coe ultimately argues for a rethinking of what family itself means.
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- Availability Status: Partially available
- Availability Status for country: US.
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