Boundaries within: Nation, Kinship and Identity among Migrants and Minorities

INTRODUCTION: Nation, Migration and Kinship through Identity Categorization : Francesca Decimo and Alessandra Gribaldo.- The Perils of Reification: Identity Categories and Identity Construction in Migration Research : David I. Kertzer.- I. BUILDING THE NATION THROUGH FRONTIERS AND CLASSIFICATIONS: The Uninvited Migrant, the 'Autochtoon' and the 'Allochtoon' in the Netherlands : Jeroen Doomernik.- The Politics of Racial Disproportionality of the Child Welfare System in New York : Viola Castellano .- Childbirth on Europe's Ultra-Periphery: Maternity Care, French Universalism and Equivocal Identities on the Maroni River, French Guiana.: Vanessa Grotti .- Migrant Incorporation in South Tyrol and Essentialized Local Identities: Dorothy L. Zinn.- II. WEAVING KINSHIP AND SHAPING identities IN GLOBAL MOBILITY: Rethinking Kinship, Mobility and Citizenship across the Ethiopian-Eritrean Boundaries : Aurora Massa .- Male Adulthood and 'Self'-Legalizing Practices among Young Moroccan Migrants in Turin, Italy : Alice Rossi.- Structural Restrictions and Personal Desires: Arranged Marriages between Punjab and Italy : Barbara Bertolani .- When Politics meet Marriage: The Changes of Marriage Practices among Migrated Yi Cadres in Liangshan, China : Zhitian Guo.- CONCLUSIONS: Key Remarks and Research Notes on National Boundaries, Kinship and Migration: Francesca Decimo and Alessandra Gribaldo.