Romanian 'Left Behind' Children? Experiences of Transnational Childhood and Families in Europe
Romanian 'Left Behind' Children? Experiences of Transnational Childhood and Families in Europe

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a critical discussion of the so-called 'left-behind' children beginning with a review of the literature on transnationalism and the anthropology and sociology of childhood. This examination looks at the ways in which official discourse on the 'left-behind' category is based on childhood and family models which are culturally defined yet not universal. Through ethnographic evidence from two different regions of Romania will show that there is a discrepancy between the official description of the phenomenon and the reality lived by children and adults interviewed during the course of this research.

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