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Transnationalism, Family and Gender
The purpose of the course is to help students develop an understanding of how transnationalism is reinterpreted and reshaped through family and gender. A specific focus will be placed on the commercialization of bodies and emotions, the dual roles of transnational daughters and wives, transnational families, marriage, assimilation of children, intergenerational relationships, and how they are associated with race, ethnicity, class and policy. Special attention will be given to the varied groups of women entrepreneurial migrants, domestic workers, and sex workers from the Middle East, Asia and Latin America mainly residing in North America and Europe. In terms of theory, this course will deal with how families and gender shape and reshape migration, migrants’ homeland ties and social welfare status. It is essential that students learn how moral dilemmas engender diverse forms of behavior. Films, group work and individual assignments will be flexibly used in the class, in order to involve students in an interactive learning process. |
