ABSTRACT While existing work on transnational aging and care has largely focused on the substance of transnational communication and what is being said, this article examines what is being ‘silenced’ during transnational exchange. I argue that to better understand aging and intergenerational caregiving we need to pay careful attention to what is not being said during transnational contacts, suggesting that silence and ‘communication voids’ are often formulated and enacted as a care practice. Drawing on ethnographic research with Brazilian migrants in the United States whose aging parents live in Brazil, I illustrate how migrants curate their lives abroad and sieve their lived experiences as an act of care for their aging parents back home. In so doing, I reveal the significance of faith as a coping strategy in the process of silencing and concealing emotions and as a means to fight loneliness, cope with adversity, and protect family exchanges.

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沉默关怀：（未）记录的巴西移民如何将沉默作为对年迈父母的关怀实践

摘要 虽然现有的跨国养老和护理工作主要集中在跨国交流的实质和所说的内容上，但本文研究了跨国交流中被“沉默”的东西。我认为，为了更好地理解老龄化和代际照料，我们需要仔细注意跨国接触中没有说的话，这表明沉默和“交流空白”经常被制定和制定为一种照料实践。借鉴对美国的巴西移民的民族志研究，他们年迈的父母住在巴西，我说明了移民如何规划他们在国外的生活，并筛选他们的生活经历，作为对他们年迈的父母回家的照顾。这样做时，