Reimagining the European Family : Cultures of Immigration / by P. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson., Author.

Contributor:

P.

Series:

Studies in European Culture and History, 2945-6282

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Sociology.

Social groups.

Ethnology--Europe.

Ethnology.

Race.

Sociology of Culture.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

European Culture.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Culture.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

European Culture.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1版. 2013.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Re-imagining the Family explores contemporary films and literature about the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the structure and the stories of the contemporary 'European' family, with a focus on Germany.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Reimagining the European Family: Cultures of Immigration; One Defining the "German" Family in the European Context: Men at Work; Two Elective Affinities: Motherhood and Families Without Borders; Three Russian German Immigration and Imagined Families; Four Japanese German Kinships: Imagining Postwar Masculinity; Five Immigration Nations: Comedy and the New Family; Conclusion Postfamilial Europe?; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349475858

1349475858

9781137371843

1137371846

OCLC:

867767297