Brazilian families in a transnational context: reconstituted families
Keywords:
Espaços transnacionais, Famílias transnacionais, Estratégias familiaresAbstract
In the present article we will analyze how transnational Brazilian families construct ideas about “family” and how those ideas influence their family life strategies. We will focus on the Brazilian families who are moving across transnational spaces and are connecting the geographically distant countries of Japan and Brazil. Although migrant children are dependents and are brought into the host country as minors with their parents, they are central figures and have a strong influence on the family’s strategies. Migrant children, now adapted to the new environment, refuse to engage with the parent’s plans to go back home or, in the case of children left-behind, protest the idea of accompanying their parents in their second time migration. Furthermore, the family’s decision is not free of tension or conflict. Cooperation and conflict issues are negotiated inside the family, with the economic autonomy and the family roles taken into consideration.•
Keywords: Transnational spaces; Transnational families; Family life’s strategies
No presente artigo pretende-se abordar as estratégias de vida de famílias brasileiras que circulam pelos espaços transnacionais que, ao realizarem esse movimento, se conectam a três países: Japão, Estados Unidos e Brasil. Neste contexto, analisaremos o significado da família enquanto ideal e imaginário e a sua influência na elaboração dessas estratégias. Ainda relacionado às estratégias familiares, chegamos à conclusão de que as crianças, vistas como dependentes e deslocadas de seus ambientes pelas decisões familiares, tornam-se figuras centrais na elaboração das estratégias. São as crianças que, adaptadas ao novo ambiente, resistem às decisões familiares de retorno; ou, em alguns casos, deixadas pelos pais no Brasil, recusam-se de acompanhá-los na segunda fase da migração. A oportunidade encontrada nesses espaços transnacionais torna possível aos membros familiares se distribuírem em espaços geográficos diferentes sem se desintegrarem.
Palavras-chave: Espaços transnacionais; Famílias transnacionais; Estratégias familiares
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