An astronaut family is a family unit where the members reside in different countries across the world—in contrast to a "nuclear family".[1][2] The astronaut family represents the growing transnationalism of peoples' identities that accompanies the growing globalization.
The term was coined by Aihwa Ong in her publication Flexible Citizenship: The cultural logics of transnationality in 1999.[3] The term is especially used to describe Chinese families, who have spread across the globe.[4]
- ^ "Globalaffairs » Chinese "astronaut families"". Globalaffairs.es. May 4, 1989. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Waters, Johanna (September 30, 2003). "Flexible citizens? Transnationalism and citizenship amongst economic immigrants in Vancouver". The Canadian Geographer. 47 (3): 219–234. Bibcode:2003CGeog..47..219W. doi:10.1111/1541-0064.00019.
- ^ Ong, Aihwa (1999) Flexible citizenship: The cultural logics of transnationality (Durham: Duke University Press)
- ^ "Microsoft Word - wp0101cov.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.