TRANSNATIONAL MARRIAGES IN POLAND: CULTURAL CONTACT AND CULTURAL CAPITAL IN BINATIONAL FAMILIES

• Authors: Nowicka Ewa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This chapter focuses on several aspects affecting the life of binational marriages currently residing in Poland. Examined herein are the dilemmas which transnational couples face in deciding about place of residence, language(s) of communication, the culture of their children’s education, etc. Also of interest are assessments of both the positive and negative aspects of transnational married life as well as the unique problems identified by the spouses in their descriptions. These marriages have been analyzed as a case of cultural contact under the circumstances of strong emotional ties and a special closeness which underscore the slightest of cultural differences separating the partners. At the same time, it is on their basis that boundaries are shattered between what is familiar and what is foreign. The analyzed material is drawn from long-term qualitative research – specifically 65 in-depth interviews conducted in Warsaw and several other Polish cities over the past decade with one or both spouses. In each case, one of the partners is of Polish nationality while the other comes from Europe, Africa, Latin America or Asia.

Keywords

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TRANSNATIONAL MARRIAGE; CULTURAL CONTACT; ETHNIC BOUNDARIES; SOCIAL CAPITAL

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 4 (166)
• Pages: 113–142

Contributors

author

Nowicka Ewa

• Collegium Civitas