Book contents
- Relative Distance
- The International African Library
- Relative Distance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Characters
- Introduction
- 1 Securing the Future: Family, Livelihoods, and Mobility
- 2 Aspirations, Obligations, and Imagination in Family Migration
- 3 The Making of ‘Migrants’
- 4 Kinship Dilemmas: Negotiating Relatedness across Space
- 5 Weddings as Transnational Household Rituals: Marriage and Other Intimate Relationships
- 6 Change and Continuity: The Social Reproduction of Families between Kenya and the United Kingdom
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Series page
- References
Series page
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
Book contents
- Relative Distance
- The International African Library
- Relative Distance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Characters
- Introduction
- 1 Securing the Future: Family, Livelihoods, and Mobility
- 2 Aspirations, Obligations, and Imagination in Family Migration
- 3 The Making of ‘Migrants’
- 4 Kinship Dilemmas: Negotiating Relatedness across Space
- 5 Weddings as Transnational Household Rituals: Marriage and Other Intimate Relationships
- 6 Change and Continuity: The Social Reproduction of Families between Kenya and the United Kingdom
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Series page
- References
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- Relative DistanceKinship, Migration, and Christianity between Kenya and the United Kingdom, pp. 232 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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