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Famiglie transnazionali e corso della vita attraverso i confini

  • Elisabetta Zontini,

Globalization and the intensification of migratory flows have profoundly transformed family relationships, fostering the emergence of transnational families, whose members live in different countries while maintaining strong emotional ties and a shared sense of belonging. To examine this phenomenon, the book adopts Glen H. Elder’s life course perspective, which interprets individual biographies in relation to social and historical time, emphasizing how people’s lives are interconnected and shaped by the contexts in which they unfold. Drawing on the author’s ethnographic research, the book focuses on Italian migration to the United Kingdom as a significant example of transnational dynamics and contemporary social change.

  • Keywords:
  • Transnationalism,
  • Families,
  • Mobility,
  • Life course,
  • Social inequalities,
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Elisabetta Zontini

Univeristy of Florence, Italy

Elisabetta Zontini earned her PhD in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Sussex. In the United Kingdom, she worked with the Families and Social Capital ESRC Research Group, at the University of Nottingham and at the Gender Studies Centre of Oxford University. She returned to Italy in 2024 as Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florence.
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