Karolina (Hrsg.) Golimowska

Family and Kinship in the United States

ISBN: 978-3-653-04773-8
EAN: 9783653047738
Produktnummer: 25679075
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: PDF

Cultural Perspectives on Familial Belonging

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The volume takes a close look at the forms and functions of family and kinship in cultural narratives in the United States. It analyzes social and cultural contexts of kinship and family membership, relations of family and nation on a metaphorical level, and the political discourses that regulate sexuality and reproduction. Representations of family and kinship inform all aspects of American life, which is prominently noticeable in politics, legislation, art, and the media. Family discourses are employed to communicate and negotiate constellations of power and they can serve to investigate differences, struggles, alliances, strategic endeavor… Mehr