This paper highlights the originality and scholarly contributions of the present Special Issue on transnational divorces in three ways. First, it examines two sets of related literature and situates the Special Issue within them: one on divorces, in general, and the other on divorces in transnational families (also called here “transnational divorce”). This exercise identifies the scholarly tendencies and gaps needing immediate attention in the study of divorce at the present age of family (re)composition. Second, the paper discusses how the special issue addresses the lacunas in the literature through “transborder intersectionality,” that is, a combination of transnational and intersectional perspectives. And third, based on its five empirically grounded case studies, it unveils the main structuring forces in transnational divorces: norms (social and legal), networks (transnational family support, local social ties…), and intersecting categories (gender, social class, legal status…). The paper ends with research directions for the future study of divorces traversing nation-states’ borders.

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跨国家庭的离婚：规范、网络和交叉类别

本文从三个方面突出了本期《跨国离婚特刊》的独创性和学术贡献。首先，它考察了两组相关文献并将特刊置于其中：一组是关于一般离婚的，另一组是关于跨国家庭中的离婚（这里也称为“跨国离婚”）。本练习确定了在当前家庭（重新）组成年龄的离婚研究中需要立即关注的学术趋势和差距。其次，本文讨论了特刊如何通过“跨界交叉性”，即跨国和交叉视角的结合，解决文献中的空白。第三，基于五个基于经验的案例研究，它揭示了跨国离婚的主要结构力量：规范（社会和法律）、网络（跨国家庭支持、当地社会联系……）和交叉类别（性别、社会阶层、法律地位……）。论文最后提出了未来跨越民族国家边界的离婚研究的研究方向。