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This article explores the experiences of "home" for British-born Bangladeshi children who are active members of transnational families. The article illustrates that these children, who are mobile between Sylhet and London, play an active role in maintaining transnational linkages. The article critiques the omission of children's perspectives in understanding ideas and practices of "home" within the diaspora and among transnational families. A key finding is that while children identify Sylhet and London as "home", the experience of these places differs in accordance with the different social relations, practices and material circumstances through which they experience these places. (Contains 4 notes.)

This article explores narratives by elderly Sikh men and women about their arrival in Tanzania and highlights the significance of gender, ethnicity and social networks. The article argues that narratives provide rich accounts of the ways in which social capital, understood as resources held in networks, is influenced by social identities and place. It demonstrates that such nuances remain hidden in standard methods, such as surveys, generally used in the study of social capital. Furthermore, with a focus on the elderly migrants, the article illustrates that narratives have a particular affinity with migration, for like migrants they move across time and place. Keywords: Gender; ethnicity; social networks; narratives; Sikhs.

BRETTELL, CAROLINE. Anthropology and migration: essays on transnationalism, ethnicity, and identity. xxi, 238 pp., tables, bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Altamira Press, 2003. $26.95 (paper), $75.00 (cloth) This book is a [...]

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2000, 535pp., 125.00 h.b. [pounds sterling] (ISBN 1-84064-073-1) Gender and Migration is the latest volume in `The International Library of Studies on Migration'. It deals with gender [...]

Presents books on ethnic and migration studies. 'Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain,' by Randall Hansen; 'Crime, Violence and Minority Youths,' by Becky Tatum; 'Contemporary Racisms and Ethnicities: Social and Cultural Transformations,' by Mairtin Mac an Ghaill.