Families, Intimacy and Globalization: Floating Ties: 4 (Sociology for Globalizing Societies) - Softcover

Wilding, Raelene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113733858X ISBN 13: 9781137338587

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2017

Synopsis

Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smartphones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to care for their children in the Philippines. Refugees use phones and international transfers to send money and support to parents overseas. Funerals, weddings and anniversaries prompt return visits by plane and are streamed online to kin around the world.

The mechanisms and processes of globalization are transforming the ways in which people ‘do’ and think about their families. Families, Intimacy and Globalization examines their experiences, charting the tensions between the freedoms and choices of late modern individuals, on the one hand, and the constraints of relational ties of love and obligation, on the other, which produce the ‘floating ties’ of global families and intimate relationships.

Using detailed examples from all corners of the globe and across the life course, from internet dating to parenting to aged care, this thought-provoking book examines the transformation of relationships by the processes of migration and the cultural and economic flows that are central to globalization.

About this title

About the Author

Raelene Wilding is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

From the Back Cover

Using detailed examples from all corners of the globe and across the life course, from internet dating to parenting to aged care, this thought-provoking book examines the transformation of relationships by the processes of migration, cultural and economic flows that are central to globalization. Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, in different towns, cities and countries. Yet, their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smart phones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to care for their children in the Philippines. Refugees use telephones and international transfers to send money and support to parents overseas. Funerals, weddings and anniversaries prompt return visits by plane and are streamed online to kin around the world. The tools and processes of globalization are transforming the ways in which people 'do' and think about their families. This book examines their experiences in order to chart the tensions between the freedoms and choices of late modern individuals, on the one hand, and the constraints of relational ties of love and obligation, on the other, which produce the 'floating ties' of global families and intimacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113733858X
• ISBN 13: 9781137338587
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212