Transnational Families and Gendered Impacts: Care, Identity, and Power Across Borders
摘要
This chapter explores the gendered dynamics of transnational families, focusing on how global migration reshapes care, identity, and power across borders. It draws on feminist political economy, emotional geographies, and intersectionality to analyze the lived realities of transnational households. The chapter examines historical and regional patterns of labor migration, the shifting roles of women as breadwinners and men as caregivers, and the emotional labor embedded in parenting from a distance. Through case studies and ethnographic vignettes, it illustrates how caregiving responsibilities are negotiated among grandmothers, siblings, and left-behind spouses. Institutional and structural forces—state policies, employer regimes, and global capitalism—play a central role in reinforcing or resisting these dynamics. While policy responses often neglect caregiving needs and gendered realities, the chapter identifies emerging innovations and advocates for more inclusive migration governance that centers family unity and gender justice.