This article aims to examine how changes in mothering induced by international migration
become transformed into 'troubles'. Based on the analysis of 79 selected articles on …

Family life is constituted by affective relationships and emotional bonds between individuals
connected through kinship, yet in many cases involving people from beyond the lineal …

The twin themes of “family troubles” and “troubling families” are closely linked, but they are
also each distinct in themselves, and nuanced in particular ways. Rooted particularly (but …

We explore the topic of welcome through a geographical lens, setting out the relationships
between geographical perspectives and current approaches to welcome and hospitality. We …

The Lithuanian population has been highly mobile since joining the EU. Consequently, life
across borders has become a common experience for many children and young people …

In what follows, we offer an account of family studies as siloed between a binary of 'the
mainstream'-focused on what may be implicitly understood as 'ordinary'family lives-and 'the …

abstract The article analyses migrants' uses of irony in relation to normative conceptions of
intergenerational affection, in Kerala (South India) and in the diaspora. It draws from current …