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xvii, 239 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index |
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How time complicates migratory experiences -- Emigrating, staying, and returning -- Reconfiguring intergenerational reciprocity -- Remaking conjugality -- Doing grandparenthood -- Navigating networks of support -- Articulating logics of social rights -- Rethinking time, migration, and aging |
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"Based on 115 interviews with elderly Taiwanese immigrants who have resided in the US from 30 to 50 years, Ken Sun asks in Time and Migration how the interplay between migration and time shapes the ways aging migrant populations reassess and reconstruct relationships with their children, spouses, grandchildren, community members, and home as well as host societies"-- Provided by publisher |
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Taiwanese -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Older Asian Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Older immigrants -- Family relationships
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Generations -- Social aspects
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Old age -- Social aspects
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Taiwan -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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