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Introduction to Special Issue on Migrant Letters in the journal The History of the Family, co-edited by Marcelo Borges and Sonia Cancian. It presents an overview of the historiographical evolution of the study of migrant letters from the early twentieth-century onwards, and discusses how this Special Issue contributes to the discussion of the varied functions and meanings of family and personal letters among individuals separated by migration in multiple historical and geographic contexts. Articles from: David Gerber, Emma Moreton, Babs Boter, Suzanne Sinke, Sonia Cancian, Simone Wegge, Marcelo Borges, Liz Stanley, Laura Martínez Martín, and Romeo Guzmán.
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The introductory article highlights the ways in which the contributions to the Special Issue on Migrant Letters from the journal The History of the Family explore connections between the practice of letter writing and the emotional, transnational, economic, and familial experiences of individuals separated by migration.
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This page is a summary of: Reconsidering the migrant letter: from the experience of migrants to the language of migrants, The History of the Family, July 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1081602x.2016.1222502.
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