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This paper focuses on the ways in which children negotiate complex transnational identities and roles. Based on research amongst Bangladeshi children living in East London in families who maintain transnational linkages with Bangladesh, the paper draws attention to the ways in which British-born Bangladeshi children are mobile not only across places but also across time. The paper also draws upon Katz' notion of ‘emplacement’, with its focus on political and economic processes, and indicates the significance of children's mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This introductory article sets out the main challenges that the study of children poses for the understanding of transnational migration. Children are not simply a neglected empirical group, whose perspectives are rarely considered; children can also provide researchers with important insights concerning the nature of transnationalism if the phenomenon is considered through their eyes. Research on transnational children brings to the fore issues concerning familial practices and discourses, the importance of the life-course and of generation, and the role of feelings in creating and changing transnational relationships and imaginaries. Focusing on children and children's places raises important questions concerning the relationship between the life-course and the global political economy. Finally, researching with children raises particular methodological challenges and approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Examines the circumstances surrounding death and bereavement among Bengali families in London, England. Changes in the death and ritual practices; Exclusion of women from the important processes of ritual grieving; Establishment of Muslim cemeteries.

This article uses material from a village in Sylhet to discuss some of the effects of overseas migration on the area. Studies of ‘sending areas’ such as Sylhet are important not only for understanding the migratory process, but also for a more balanced view of Sylhetis in Britain. Arguing that migration has not led to economic development in the area, I suggest that instead it has prompted ‘migration mama’ — a situation where foreign countries are invested in and glorified to the detriment of the homelands. This has far‐reaching social and economic effects, and is related to the hegemony of the international labour market as much as to the internal conditions of Bangladesh. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]