Does Distance Make the ‘Heart Grow Fonder’ or Am I ‘Following You to the Ends of the Earth?’ Distance and Love in Mixed Transnational Couples
Through ethnographic narrative interviews with 36 mixed transnational couples and their children, this article describes how the emotion of love is understood and practiced within some ‘global families’ (Beck and Beck-Gernsheim 2014). The article finds that for the mixed intercultural couples interviewed here, distance played a role in defining and confirming love (love at a distance) and was often seen as a reason to migrate or move (crossing distance for love) as a test or proof that love was real. The analysis of love illustrates how distance can increasingly play a role in how we define and practice love, but also reveals that loving at a distance can have profound effects on people and their emotions.
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2015-02-28
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Authors: | King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko |
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Sociological Research Online. - Sociological Research Online. - Vol. 20.2015, 1, p. 10-10
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Sociological Research Online |
Subject: | Emotions | Globalization | Love | Distance |
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