Childcare between Angola and Portugal: parenthood in transnational families

Authors

  • Marzia Grassi ICS-UL
  • Jeanne Vivet Universidade de Bordéus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP2015793478

Keywords:

Famílias transnacionais, Parentalidade, Angola/Portugal, género

Abstract

Based on data from a survey conducted as part of the ICS “Transnational Child-Raising Arrangements between Angola and Portugal” (TCRAf-Eu 2008) research project and using a transnational scale of analysis, the present article looks at the forms of transnational care given to children and young people with Angolan origins, and how they affect the lives of both those who remain in the country of origin, their parents and their carers. The new family formats that are emerging suggest that the question of gender is playing a central part and raises the question of the parents’ role as breadwinners.

Author Biography

Marzia Grassi, ICS-UL

Marzia Grassi
Research Fellow
Institute of Social Sciences
University of Lisbon
Av. Professor Aníbal Bettencourt, 9
1600-189 Lisbon - Portugal
Tel: +351 217804700
Fax: +351 217940274
URL: http://www.ics.ul.pt/pessoas/marzia.grassi

 

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Published

2015-07-06

Issue

No. 79 (2015)

Section

Artigos

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