%0 Journal Article
%T Migrants¡¯ housing in the homeland. A case study of the impact of migration on a rural community: the village of Marginea, Romania
%A Andra Leti£¿ia Jacob Larionescu
%J Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology
%D 2012
%I University of Bucharest
%X International migration induces changes in values and lifestyles, transformations perceived as well in housing practices and living standards. Building and decorating a home is one of migrants¡¯ main targets, as the house becomes a sign of wealth and social ascension that mobilizes a significant proportion of their remittances. This article aims to show how the migrants¡¯ ¡°debrouillard¡± spirit and their migration experience acquired during the communist regime helped them in wheeling and dealing under the new post-communist economy and build their houses in the homeland. The paper relies on data collected in fieldwork carried out in the village of Marginea, Romania, a rural community comprising ca. 10.500 people, characterized by strong international migration.
%K International migration
%K houses
%K homeland
%K Ceau.escu regime
%K post-communist economy
%K ¡®debrouillard¡¯ spirit
%U http://compaso.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Compaso2012-32-Larionescu.pdf