Contruction d'un réseau de parenté transnational
Abstract
The elaboration of a transnational family network : a case-study on Tunisian migrants in the South of France
This article presents the monographic study of a family network that extends over two spaces : the city of Grasse in the South of France and the city of Tunis. It shows how this network was elaborated during the migration in a two way process : an actively fostered separation with the external word, thanks especially to an intense practice of family endogamy, and a constant work of reformulation of the collective links inside the family, furthering the integration of various material and symbolic interests inside a common framework.
Far for being the mere transposition of a traditional village organization, this arrangement of the social relations along family lines allows the members to take full advantage of the resources provided by their mobility inside a transnational space.
This article presents the monographic study of a family network that extends over two spaces : the city of Grasse in the South of France and the city of Tunis. It shows how this network was elaborated during the migration in a two way process : an actively fostered separation with the external word, thanks especially to an intense practice of family endogamy, and a constant work of reformulation of the collective links inside the family, furthering the integration of various material and symbolic interests inside a common framework.
Far for being the mere transposition of a traditional village organization, this arrangement of the social relations along family lines allows the members to take full advantage of the resources provided by their mobility inside a transnational space.
Cet article présente la monographie d'un réseau familial qui s'étend sur deux espaces : la ville de Grasse dans le Sud de la France et la ville de Tunis. Il montre comment ce réseau s'est constitué au cours de la migration par un double processus : une clôture activement entretenue envers l'extérieur, passant par la pratique intensive de l'endogamie familiale, et un travail continu de reformulation du lien collectif à l‘intérieur, permettant d'intégrer dans un cadre commun des intérêts matériels et symboliques divers. Loin d'être la simple transposition d'un espace traditionnel de type villageois, cette organisation des relations sociales sur une base familliale permet à ses membres d'exploiter de façon originale les ressources de l'espace transnational ouvertes par le processus migratoire.
Domains
Sociology
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