Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Family in Dispute: Insiders and Outsiders Ralph Grillo 2. Inside and Outside: Constrasting Perspectives on the Dynamics of Kinship and Marriage in Contepmorary South Asian Transnational Networks Roger Ballard 3. "For Women and Children" The Family and Immigration Politics in Scandinavia Anniken Hagelund 4. Defining "Family" and Bringing It Together: The Ins and Outs of Family Reunification in Portugal Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Meghann Ormond 5. Debating Cultural Difference: Ayann Hirsi Ali on Islam and Women Erik Snel and Femke Stock 6. Family Dynamics, Uses of Religion and Inter-Ethnic Relations within the Portuguese Cultural Ecology Susana Bastos and Jose Bastos 7. The Dream of Family: Muslim Migrants in Austria Anna Stepien 8. Who Cares? "External," "Internal," and "Mediator" Debates about South Asian Elders' Needs
Kanwal Mand 9. Italian Families in Switzerland: Sites of Belonging or "Golden Cages"? Perceptions and Discourses inside and outside the Migrant Family
Susanne Wessendorf 10. Dealing with "That Thing": Female Circumcision and Sierra Leonean Refugee Girls in the UK Radha Rajkotia 11. Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Intermarriage in Spain: Beyond Simplistic Notions of Hybridity Dan Rodriguez-Garcia 12. Debating Culture across Distance: Transnational Families and the Obligation to Care Loretta Baldassar Notes on Contributors Index