Aging within Transnational Families: The Case of Older Peruvians

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Transnational families have become a hot topic in migration studies, family sociology and transnational family research. The focus of this literature tend to be working-age migrants and their children in the country of origin. In contrast, older members of transnational families have only sporadically received academic attention. Consequently, rather little is known about the experiences of older people within transnational family contexts as well as about the scope and determinants of their cross-border family ties and practices. Exploring the case of older Peruvians, Aging within Transnational Familiesis the first book to provide a multi-method approach to studying aging across borders. It analyses the complex dynamics of transnational intergenerational solidarity by scrutinising the willingness and creativity of older Peruvians to support their children and grandchildren across large geographic distances and national boundaries.

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Vincent Horn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Education, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany. He is the co-editor of two special issues of journals on transnational aging and of 'Transnational Aging Current Insights and Future Challenges' (2015). Horn has also published various articles and book chapters on transnational migration, old age care migration and migrant care workers.