Relative Distance
€ 47,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781009335089 |
|---|---|
| Editora | Cambridge University Press |
| Data de Publicação | 29/05/2025 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 45,19 |
| Imposto | € 2,71 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 47,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 2 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
The socio-economic and political uncertainties of Kenya in the 1990s jeopardised what many saw as the promises of modernity. An increasing number of Kenyans migrated, many to Britain, a country that felt familiar from Kenyan history. Based on extensive ?eldwork in Kenya and the United Kingdom, Leslie Fesenmyer''s work provides a rich, historically nuanced study of the kinship dilemmas that underlie transnational migration and explores the dynamic relationship between those who migrate and those who stay behind. Challenging a focus on changing modes of economic production, ''push-pull'' factors, and globalisation as drivers of familial change, she analyses everyday trans-national family life. Relative Distance shows how quotidian interactions, exchanges, and practices transform kinship on a local and global scale. Through the prism of intergenerational care, Fesenmyer reveals that the question of who is responsible for whom is not only a familial matter but is at the heart of relations between individuals, societies, and states.