{"product_id":"families-intimacy-and-globalization-raelene-wilding-9781137338587","title":"Families, Intimacy and Globalization: Floating Ties","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smartphones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to care for their children in the Philippines. Refugees use phones and international transfers to send money and support to parents overseas. Funerals, weddings and anniversaries prompt return visits by plane and are streamed online to kin around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mechanisms and processes of globalization are transforming the ways in which people 'do' and think about their families. \u003ci\u003eFamilies, Intimacy and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e examines their experiences, charting the tensions between the freedoms and choices of late modern individuals, on the one hand, and the constraints of relational ties of love and obligation, on the other, which produce the 'floating ties' of global families and intimate relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing detailed examples from all corners of the globe and across the life course, from internet dating to parenting to aged care, this thought-provoking book examines the transformation of relationships by the processes of migration and the cultural and economic flows that are central to globalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raelene Wilding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113733858X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137338587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"Raelene Wilding","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120912560383,"sku":"9781137338587","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_064329a5-c712-46f3-bb9e-08d0a58155fd.jpg?v=1687416974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/families-intimacy-and-globalization-raelene-wilding-9781137338587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}