Time and Migration: How Long-Term Taiwanese Migrants Negotiate Later Life

Awards:   Winner of Aging and the Life Course Section of the American Sociological Association Outstanding Publication Award (SALC: Sociology of Aging and the Life Course) 2023 (United States)
Author:   Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
ISBN:  

9781501754876


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   15 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Time and Migration: How Long-Term Taiwanese Migrants Negotiate Later Life


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  • Winner of Aging and the Life Course Section of the American Sociological Association Outstanding Publication Award (SALC: Sociology of Aging and the Life Course) 2023 (United States)

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Author:   Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501754876


ISBN 10:   1501754874
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   15 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: How Time Complicates Migratory Experiences 1. Emigrating, Staying, and Returning 2. Reconfiguring Intergenerational Reciprocity 3. Remaking Conjugality 4. Doing Grandparenthood 5. Navigating Networks of Support 6. Articulating Logics of Social Rights Conclusion: Rethinking Time, Migration, and Aging

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This book highlights transnationalism, the complex, evolving, and continuing identity and allegiance that these Taiwanese migrants have to both their country of origin and their country of choice. Time and Migration makes a significant contribution to research examining the diversity of immigrant experiences worldwide. * International Migration Review *


This book highlights transnationalism, the complex, evolving, and continuing identity and allegiance that these Taiwanese migrants have to both their country of origin and their country of choice. Time and Migration makes a significant contribution to research examining the diversity of immigrant experiences worldwide. * International Migration Review * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines: migration, aging, and family. [T]his research uncovers how people and places change over time, the interaction between these changes, and their impact on immigrants' own identities and relationships. * Social Forces * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines[.] It makes an essential call for additional, longitudinal research on older immigrants. * Social Forces * This book is a prototype of transnational research at its best, with the longitudinal multisite ethnography and the comparative research design at its core, thus yielding key insights in the intersection of migration, aging, and family. * Contemporary Sociology *


This book highlights transnationalism, the complex, evolving, and continuing identity and allegiance that these Taiwanese migrants have to both their country of origin and their country of choice. Time and Migration makes a significant contribution to research examining the diversity of immigrant experiences worldwide. * International Migration Review * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines: migration, aging, and family. [T]his research uncovers how people and places change over time, the interaction between these changes, and their impact on immigrants' own identities and relationships. * Social Forces *


This book highlights transnationalism, the complex, evolving, and continuing identity and allegiance that these Taiwanese migrants have to both their country of origin and their country of choice. Time and Migration makes a significant contribution to research examining the diversity of immigrant experiences worldwide. * International Migration Review * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines: migration, aging, and family. [T]his research uncovers how people and places change over time, the interaction between these changes, and their impact on immigrants' own identities and relationships. * Social Forces *


This book highlights transnationalism, the complex, evolving, and continuing identity and allegiance that these Taiwanese migrants have to both their country of origin and their country of choice. Time and Migration makes a significant contribution to research examining the diversity of immigrant experiences worldwide. * International Migration Review * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines: migration, aging, and family. [T]his research uncovers how people and places change over time, the interaction between these changes, and their impact on immigrants' own identities and relationships. * Social Forces * Time and Migration is a valuable book for scholars and students in multiple subdisciplines[.] It makes an essential call for additional, longitudinal research on older immigrants. * Social Forces *


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Ken Chih-Yan Sun is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Villanova University.

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