ISBN:
1776148673
,
9781776148677
,
9781776148783
,
1776148789
,
9781776148660
,
1776148665
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 222 pages)
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Immigrants Family relationships
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Communication Technological innovations
;
Technologies de l'information et de la communication
;
Social Aspects
;
Emigration & Immigration
;
General (see also headings under Family)
;
JUVENILE FICTION
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
;
COMPUTERS
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Communication - Technological innovations
;
Emigration and immigration
;
Immigrants - Family relationships
;
Fiction
;
Romans
;
South Africa Emigration and immigration
;
South Africa
Abstract:
Explores the experiences of transnational migrant families from Africa, including flows into and out of South Africa, and how technology is used to maintain kinship and duties of care from afar
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Halftitle -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Theoretical Context -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2 Methodological Challenges and Opportunities: Our Work, Our Selves -- Part 2 Participants' Stories of African Migration, Family Relations and Icts -- Chapter 3 'Ah! Do I Know What Data Is, My Child?' Rural-Urban Migration and the Struggle to Stay in Touch -- Chapter 4 'They Will Be Yearning': Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa and Keeping the Family Connected
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5 'You Do Not Finish All Stories': Malawian Families and the Struggle to Stay Connected -- Chapter 6 (Dis)connections: The Paradox of Intergenerational WhatsApp Communication in Transnational Kenyan Families -- Chapter 7 Making a World of Care: DRC Refugees' Barber Shop Stories -- Chapter 8 The Luxury of Longing: Experiences of ICTs by South African Emigrants to Non-African Countries and Their Families -- Part 3 Final Considerations -- Chapter 9 Analysis of Important Data Emerging from the Study -- Chapter 10 Looking Ahead: Paradox, Criticality and a Way Forward -- Contributors -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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