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.