tytuł:
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Transgressing the "Luggage" metaphor : children and pets as migrants in the context of contemporary international mobility from Poland to Norway |
autor: |
Struzik Justyna , Pustułka Paulina
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redaktor:
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Feuerstein Anna, Nolte-Odhiambo Carmen |
tytuł publikacji zbiorowej:
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Childhood and pethood in literature and culture : new perspectives in childhood studies and animal studies |
data wydania
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2017 |
miejsce wydania : wydawca:
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London
New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
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strony:
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37-53 |
ISBN: |
978-1-138-23033-0
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eISBN: |
978-1-315-38621-8
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seria: |
Children's Literature and Culture
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uwagi:
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Autorka podpisana na publikacji: Paula Pustulka |
język: |
angielski |
język publikacji zbiorowej:
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angielski |
abstrakt w j. angielskim: |
This paper seeks to explore the connected positionalities and structures of power
relations examined for children and pets as members of transnational families. As a
departure point, we take the point made by Arluke and Sanders (1996) about animals
and other oppressed groups generally sharing their practical fate and broader
perceptions. In our paper, this argument is expanded with regard to pets sharing certain degree of similarity with social categorizing and features attributed to other under-privileged groups represented in our research, namely children as migrants and
members of ethnic minorities. The paper sheds light on the interconnectedness of the
various ways in which these (in the past often inferior) groups are discussed and treated by the majorities in power (adults, native population, or more broadly - humans) on the one hand, and the children’s narratives on the other hand. The latter pertain both to the meaning of pets in the young migrants’ lives, and, in terms of context, the changing position of children in migrant families, which is said to be shifting to a more centralized place of agency (Smart 2011, Orgocka 2012, Hess, Shandy 2008, Fox, Sime 2014). The paper outlines the often concurrent processes of (1) "diminishing" or "taking away" the agency of children and pets, and (2) their counter-trends that we witness in contemporary child-centric and increasingly inclusive family practices. By looking at qualitative evidence comprising 81 interviews with Polish family migrants (parents and children) in Norway, the paper points to the necessity of expanding the definition of migrant families, moving away from functionalist to postmodern kinship membership definitions. The main discussions revolve around the observable modifications of family practices, which we see as originating from the recognition of pet’s significance for families, as well as a special kind of relationship they have with migrant children. |
słowa kluczowe w j. polskim: |
dzieci, migracje, zwierzęta |
słowa kluczowe w j. angielskim: |
chidren, migration, pets |
liczba arkuszy wydawniczych: |
1 |
wydział: instytut / zakład / katedra: |
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Socjologii |
typ: |
artykuł (rozdział) w książce |
podtyp: |
artykuł |