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Mixed Family Life in the UK (Nakamura Lopez, M.)
Mixed Family Life in the UK
Untertitel An Ethnographic Study of Japanese-British Families
Autor Nakamura Lopez, M.
Verlag Springer Nature EN
Co-Verlag Palgrave Macmillan (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
Seiten 238 S.
Artikelnummer 22705205
Verlagsartikelnummer 86876086
ISBN 978-3-319-57755-5
Auflage 1st ed. 2017
Reihe Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Sonstiges Research
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Zusammenfassung

This book offers a nuanced picture of mixed family life in the UK. Specifically, the book explores how parents from different backgrounds create a place of belonging for their children, while also negotiating difference and attempting to transmit various aspects of their cultures, including religion, hobbies, language and food to their mixed children. Based on data collected from 26 months of fieldwork, the author concludes that the intergenerational transmission of culture, instead of being tied to the idea of "national culture", is actually more organic and fluid, allowing individuals to share their "cultures", from traditions and customs to preferences and habits, with the next generation.

As mixedness increasingly becomes the norm in our global society, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of race, ethnicity and family studies, as well as social workers, school teachers, counsellors, and parents and kin of mixed children.

M. Nakamura Lopez is a sociologist and freelance writer. Her research interests include mixedness, migration, and transnational families.