Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders

Carolin Leutloff-Grandits is a Senior Researcher of Social Anthropology at the European University Viadrina. Her recent publications include the co-edited volume Migrating Borders and Moving Times (Manchester University Press, 2017) with Madeleine Hurd and Hastings Donnan.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsNotes on textList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Kinship and Care across the Kosovo BordersChapter 1. Translocal Foundations of a Kosovo villageChapter 2. Migrant Trajectories: Shifting Relations of Translocal FamiliesChapter 3. Family Roles in Care across Translocal HouseholdsChapter 4. Home and Investment: Shifts in Perceptions and Their Material ManifestationChapter 5. Seeking a Future and Fortune: Partner Selection in a Translocal SpaceChapter 6. Weddings as Affirmation of the Translocal: Family and KinshipChapter 7. Realities of Cross-Border Marriages: Re-Arranging Family and Gender RelationsConclusion: Translocal Family Care: Outlook and ConclusionBibliographyIndex

“This book is based on careful and in-depth ethnographic research, and it expertly embeds its findings in patterns on broader historical and geographical scales. The book displays all the hallmarks of high-quality anthropological research.” • Stef Jansen, University of Sarajevo