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

Abstract

Table of Contents - 6 Acknowledgements - 8 Preface - 10 1. The Family in Dispute: Insiders and Outsiders - 16 2. Inside and Outside: Contrasting Perspectives on the Dynamics of Kinship and Marriage in Contemporary South Asian Transnational Networks - 38 3. 'For Women and Children!' The Family and Immigration Politics in Scandinavia - 72 4. Defining 'Family' and Bringing It Together: The Ins and Outs of Family Reunification in Portugal - 90 5. Debating Cultural Difference: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam and Women - 114 6. Family Dynamics, Uses of Religion and Inter-Ethnic Relations within the Portuguese Cultural Ecology - 136 7. The Dream of Family: Muslim Migrants in Austria - 166 8. Who Cares? 'External', 'Internal' and 'Mediator' Debates about South Asian Elders' Needs - 188 9. Italian Families in Switzerland: Sites of Belonging or 'Golden Cages'? Perceptions and Discourses inside and outside the Migrant Family - 206 10. Dealing with 'That Thing : Female Circumcision and Sierra Leonean Refugee Girls in the UK - 226 11. Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Intermarriage in Spain: Beyond Simplistic Notions of Hybridity - 246 12. Debating Culture across Distance: Transnational Families and the Obligation to Care - 270 Notes and Contributors - 294 Index - 300