Gardner, Katy 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5608-7585 and Grillo, Ralph
(2002)
Transnational households and ritual: an overview.
Global Networks, 2 (3).
pp. 179-190.
ISSN 1470-2266
Abstract
In this article we introduce five papers, all by social anthropologists, all concerned with transnational households and ritual. Despite wide–ranging research on transnational migration and diasporas, many aspects have been accorded less consideration than they deserve. The transnational practices of migrant families, other than remittances and other economic activity, remain under–investigated. Some thought has been given to the transnational dimension of religious belief systems, notably Islam, but the micro–politics of religion has been largely ignored, and there has been little discussion of transnational religious practices (rituals) at the level of households and families, especially those performed by migrants back in their countries of origin. Household–level analyses of the performances of and meanings attributed to life–crisis rituals and consideration of what Salih has called the ‘transnational division of ritual space’ offer a valuable route to understanding relations between place, culture, ethnicity and gender among migrants in a transnational world, and illuminate contemporary processes of globalization.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28... |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd & Global Networks Partnership |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2013 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 03:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52773 |
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