Marsden, Magnus and Ibañez-Tirado, Diana (2015) Repertoires of family life and the anchoring of Afghan trading networks in Ukraine. History and Anthropology, 26 (2). pp. 145-164. ISSN 0275-7206

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Abstract

This article examines the “repertories” of family life of men of Afghan background in Odessa, Ukraine. It focuses on these men's intimate relationships with “local women” and challenges the notion that such unions merely offer a form of emotional escape for migrants or refugees far from home. Instead, we advance two arguments: first, that Afghan men in Ukraine form part of a complex transnational trading network, rather than a bounded group of refugees or migrants; second, that the cross-community relationships between Afghan men and “local women” play a significant role in the spatial anchoring and commercial fortunes of transnational Afghan traders in Ukraine. In the analysis of our ethnographic data, we consider the importance of the aftermath of the Cold War in shaping the diverse forms of family life within these trading networks.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Global Studies > Anthropology
Subjects:	D History General and Old World G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
Depositing User:	Magnus Marsden
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2015 14:41
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2021 13:30
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/55167

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