| Like Family: Narratives of Fictive Kinship Contributor(s): Nelson, Margaret K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813564050 ISBN-13: 9780813564050 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Alternative Family - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 2019025756 |
| Series: Families in Focus |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades, social scientists have assumed that "fictive kinship" is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be "like family" among the white middle-class. Drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, Nelson describes the quandaries and contradictions, delight and anxiety, benefits and costs, choice and obligation in these relationships. She shows the ways these fictive kinships are similar to one another as well as the ways they vary--whether around age or generation, co-residence, or the possibility of becoming "real" families. Moreover she shows that different parties to the same relationship understand them in some similar - and some very different - ways. Theoretically rich and beautifully written, the book is accessible to the general public while breaking new ground for scholars in the field of family studies. |
