Transnational childhoods: The participation of children in processes of family migration
Transnational childhoods: The participation of children in processes of family migration
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DOI：
10.1525/sp.2001.48.4.572
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
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3.2
通讯作者：
Lam, WSE
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作者：
Orellana, MF;Thorne, B;Lam, WSE
借鉴当代加利福尼亚州的民族志研究，通过对来自墨西哥、中美洲、韩国和也门的移民进行案例研究，我们分析了儿童在移民过程和跨国社会领域构成中的存在和参与。定义不同年龄和性别儿童的需求和能力的不同方式；这些维度有助于形成链式和循环式移徙的模式：关于留下儿童并派人接他们的决定；以及带头移民的儿童的不寻常情况（居住在洛杉矶郊区的韩国“降落伞孩子”）。 “送孩子回国”（或威胁送孩子）是跨国家庭特意采用的育儿策略。我们考虑孩子如何帮助远距离的家庭保持联系，以及可能涉及的压力、冲突和情感成本。儿童帮助构建和重新配置跨国社会领域，而跨国实践反过来又塑造了特定童年的轮廓。
Drawing upon ethnographic research in contemporary California, with case studies of migrants from Mexico, Central America, Korea, and Yemen, we analyze childrens presence and participation in processes of migration and in the constitution of transnational social fields, Various facets of child-adult relations enter into children's movement across national borders, including their economic dependence and growing capacity to contribute labor; varied ways in which the needs and capacities of children of different ages and genders are defined; and their status as persons who are being "raised" and "developed" toward desired end points, These dimensions help shape patterns of chain and circulating migration: decisions about leaving children behind and sending for them; and the unusual circumstance of children who take the lead in migration (South Korean "parachute kids " living in suburban Los Angeles). "Sending children back " (or threatening to do so) is a deliberate strategy of child rearing used by transnational families, We consider how children help families stay connected across long distances, as well as the strains, conflicts, and emotional costs that may be involved. Children help constitute and reconfigure transnational social fields, and transnational practices, in turn, shape the contours of particular childhoods.