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“Staying in Touch”: Views from Abroad and from Home

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In this chapter, through the voices of those who departed and those still at home, some novel aspects of transnational relationships of these families are presented: gender roles in transnational communication, recreational visits, multinational relationships of families and the role of polymedia in the forming of couples.

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Ducu, V. (2018). “Staying in Touch”: Views from Abroad and from Home. In: Romanian Transnational Families. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90242-5_4

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