Transnational families, remittances, cieng and obligation for Dinka women in Australia
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2015
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Baak, M.K.
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Emotion, Space and Society, 2015; 16:123-129
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This paper explores the narratives of a group of Dinka women living in Australia with a focus on the emotional underpinnings of remittance sending to family in Africa. The sending of remittances is shaped by the Dinka relational ontology of cieng which obliges those who have migrated to Australia to financially support relatives left behind in Africa. Through exploring the ‘emotional content of obligation’ (Clark, 1990) this paper considers how cieng and remittance sending can result in feelings including shame and helplessness but also in reinforcing a sense belonging. In addition, this paper argues that while there is continuity in cieng despite the global dispersal of Dinka people, there has been a change in the degree and type of obligation placed on people through cieng.
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier