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Guilty feelings and the guilt trip: Emotions and motivation in migration and transnational caregiving |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, UK;2. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, 5/F The Jockey Club Tower, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;3. Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117570, Singapore;1. Discipline of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Western Australia, Australia;2. Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University, Australia |
| Abstract: | This paper explores experience of 'guilt' as a motivating emotion in the migrant process. Data are drawn from two major research projects with a focus on Italian transnational families comprising adult migrant children living in Australia and their ageing parents in Italy. Findings confirm Baumeister et al.'s (1994) three broad functions of guilt as relationship-enhancing; a tool for exerting influence over others; and a mechanism for alleviating inequities in relationships. The analysis extends this social relational understanding of guilt by locating it within the broader context of cultural processes to argue that a moral obligation to return is implicit in the migration process. |
| Keywords: | Guilt Obligation Emotions Migration Transnational families Transnational caregiving |
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