Transnational aging and reconfigurations of kin work

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Transnational Aging and Reconfigurations of Kin Work Parin Dossa and Cati Coe -- Part One: The Kin-scription of Older People into Care 1. Flexible Kin Work, Flexible Migration: Aging Migrants Caught between Productive and Reproductive Labor in the European Union Neda Deneva 2. The New Aging Trajectories of Chinese Grandparents in Canada Yanqiu Rachel Zhou 3. Sacrifice or Abandonment? Nicaraguan Grandmothers' Narratives of Migration as Kin Work Kristin Elizabeth Yarris -- Part Two: Reconfigurations of Kinship and Care in Migration Contexts 4. Fostering Change: Elderly Foster Mothers' Intergenerational Influence in Contemporary China Erin L. Raffety 5. Negotiating Sacred Values: Dharma, Karma, and Migrant Hindu Women Mushira Mohsin Khan and Karen Kobayashi 6. Transformations in Transnational Aging: A Century of Caring among Italians in Australia Loretta Baldassar -- Part Three: Aging, Kin Work, and Migrant Trajectories 7. Returning Home: The Retirement Strategies of Aging Ghanaian Care Workers Cati Coe 8. Balancing the Weight of Nations and Families Transnationally: The Case of Older Caribbean Canadian Women Delores V. Mullings 9. The Recognition and Denial of Kin Work in Palliative Care: Epitomizing Narratives of Canadian Ismaili Muslims Parin Dossa -- References About the Contributors Index