TY - JOUR AU - Olwig, Karen Fog PY - 1998/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - BØRN I VESTINDISKE FAMILIENETVÆRK: Fire livshistorier fra Nevis JF - Tidsskriftet Antropologi JA - TA VL - 0 IS - 38 SE - Artikler DO - 10.7146/ta.v0i38.115226 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/tidsskriftetantropologi/article/view/115226 SP - AB - <p>Karen Fog Olwig: Children in West</p><p>Indian Family Networks: Four Life</p><p>Stories from Nevis</p><p>Caribbean people often leave their children</p><p>behind with relatives when they migrate. It is</p><p>well known that these children play an</p><p>important structural role as central linchpins</p><p>in networks of social and economic</p><p>exchange which take place between the</p><p>migrants and their family in the community</p><p>of origin. There is, however, little</p><p>knowledge of the ways in which children</p><p>themselves experience growing up in these</p><p>global family networks. This article</p><p>investigates the point of view of the children</p><p>by examining four life stories related by</p><p>young people, from the Leeward Island of</p><p>Nevis, whose migrant parents left them, as</p><p>small children, in the care of their</p><p>grandparents. At a more general level, these</p><p>life stories also shed light on the cultural</p><p>values associated with ideals of a good</p><p>family life among people for whom</p><p>population mobility and socio-economic</p><p>connectivity, on a global scale, have long</p><p>constituted a basic framework of existence.</p> ER -