Transnational childrearing and the preservation of transnational identity in Brazzaville, Congo

• Published in: Global networks (Oxford) Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 82 - 99
• Main Author: WHITEHOUSE, BRUCE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Child rearing; CHILDREARING; Childrearing Practices; Ethnographic research; Family studies; Identity; MIGRATION; Parent Child Relations; Republic of Congo; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE); Republic of the Congo; TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES; TRANSNATIONALISM; WEST AFRICA; MIGRATION; CHILDREARING; WEST AFRICA; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE); TRANSNATIONALISM; TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted at two ends of an intra‐Africa migration flow (Mali and the Republic of Congo), in this article I examine the role of childrearing practices in the maintenance of transnationalism. I consider different approaches to transnational childrearing by migrant par...