Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of ‘family’ amongst people who live apart together (LATs)

Stoilova, Mariya; Roseneil, Sasha; Carter, Julia; Duncan, Simon; Phillips, Melissa S.

doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12220

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“…The study drew upon social constructionist approaches which view “family” meanings as both individual and social creations: the outcome of individual reflections as well as social processes and interactions (McCarthy, 2012). Processes of construction, reconstruction, and deconstruction of familial belonging lie at the center of recent theorizations of intimate life (Stoilova, Roseneil, Carter, Duncan, & Phillips, 2017, p. 78).…”

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Constructing the Meaning of “Family” in the Context of Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study on Residential Care Leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe

Gwenzi

2018

Emerging Adulthood

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Care leavers’ family lives are not well-documented in Global South literature. The West has seen an increase in studies focusing on the family concept. This article focuses on the concept of “family” and family membership from the perspective of care leavers. Data from semistructured interviews and “family lists” with 30 care leavers (aged 18–25) from Zimbabwe are presented. The findings suggest that although there is evidence of heteronormative definitions of “family” and ideas of “family” as biological, new definitions are coming up in the developing world. Some participants acknowledge nonbiological definitions of family based on connectivity, co-residence, affective practices, family contact, and other forms of family display in the context of out-of-home care. The Zimbabwean cultural influence is highlighted as a factor in care leavers’ constructions of “family” especially during the emerging adulthood stage. Practical implications for social policy, those working with care leavers, and wider society are discussed.

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Constructing the Meaning of “Family” in the Context of Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study on Residential Care Leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe

Gwenzi

2018

Emerging Adulthood

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“…This could also be woven into the general trend of increasing mobilities for some individuals linked to longer (physical and/or temporal) commuting practices (Rae, 2017). Other changing societal factors here may also include the formation of couples living apart together (LATs), whereby one partner moves (on a weekly basis) to live away from the family home for work reasons (Duncan, 2015; Stoilova et al, 2017), to reside at a temporary residence or second home near to their place of work.…”

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The mobilities and immobilities of rural gentrification: Staying put or moving on?

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Phillips

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Population Space and Place

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This paper analyses census data for England and Wales to explore the ties between processes of rural gentrification and recent internal migration. Internal migrants are defined as individuals who moved subnationally to their current address in the previous 12 months, as indicated by the replies to the 2001 and 2011 census question about usual address 1 year ago. Our analysis reveals declining rural in‐migration rates between 2001 and 2011, in parallel with other recent studies of internal migration. At the same time, uneven geographies of rural in‐migration are identified. In rural places with declining in‐migration rates, we emphasise the immobilities of settled gentrifiers that are caused by predilections to ‘stay put’ within prized, rural places for age‐related personal/emotional, social/support and economic reasons. This is limiting the supply pipeline of housing for latent in‐migrants and slowing flows of migration per se in saturated rural housing markets. By contrast, rural places with increasing in‐migration rates may signify new frontiers of gentrification, providing channels of entry for recent migrants that are not able to buy into exclusive high‐cost gentrified markets. Our novel argument is that despite gentrification being inherently a process of migration, when viewed in a broader temporal perspective, mature and exclusive forms of gentrification can also stifle migration and be the catalyst for immobilities.

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“…Contemporary family life course scholarship also draws on structural transitions, but with an assumption of diversity of family forms. Scholars have shown increased variation in family transitions resulting from policy changes such as the liberalization of laws regulating marriage and divorce (Jowett 2017 ) and changes in social mores such as those related to cohabitation (Stoilova et al 2017 ) and fertility (Engin et al 2020 ). For the most part, each transition has been studied separately, providing data on the likelihood of being childless (Kreyenfeld and Konietzka 2017 ), ever-married (Keenan et al 2017 ), divorced (Couch et al 2020 ) or widowed (Schmitz 2021 ) during their lives.…”

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A research framework for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)

Keating

2022

Eur J Ageing

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The mission of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020–2030) is to improve the lives of older people, their families and their communities. In this paper, we create a conceptual framework and research agenda for researchers to knowledge to address the Decade action items. The framework builds on the main components of healthy ageing: Environments (highlighting society and community) across life courses (of work and family) toward wellbeing (of individuals, family members and communities). Knowledge gaps are identified within each area as priority research actions. Within societal environments, interrogating beliefs about ageism and about familism are proposed as a way to illustrate how macro approaches to older people influence their experiences. We need to interrogate the extent to which communities are good places to grow old; and whether they have sufficient resources to be supportive to older residents. Further articulation of trajectories and turning points across the full span of work and of family life courses is proposed to better understand their diversities and the extent to which they lead to adequate financial and social resources in later life. Components of wellbeing are proposed to monitor improvement in the lives of older people, their families and communities. Researcher priorities can be informed by regional and national strategies reflecting Decade actions.

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Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of ‘family’ amongst people who live apart together (LATs)

Cited by 23 publications

References 47 publications

Constructing the Meaning of “Family” in the Context of Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study on Residential Care Leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe

Constructing the Meaning of “Family” in the Context of Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study on Residential Care Leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe

The mobilities and immobilities of rural gentrification: Staying put or moving on?

A research framework for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)

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