Whither Fictive Kin? Or, What's in a Name?

Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) M.K. Nelson
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA
ANO 2014
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Journal of Family Issues
ISSN 0192-513X
E-ISSN 1552-5481
EDITORA SAGE Publications
DOI 10.1177/0192513x12470621
CITAÇÕES 5
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 ae3428af4ddb94fd5a4221273e72243f

Resumo

Drawing on a survey of more than 600 articles that use the term fictive kin, I demonstrate that this term is used predominantly in reference to African Americans and a variety of marginal people and only rarely is used in conjunction with a mainstream White population. After presenting data on the use of the term, I discuss the implications of these findings. I explore as well two rhetorical shifts in language—the introduction of the notion of families of choice and the recent introduction of the concept of voluntary kin.

Perspectives on Extended Family and Fictive Kin in the Later Years

(2011)

Who is Kin?

(2007)

Children as Religious Resources: The Role of Children in the Social Re‐Formation of Class, Culture, and Religious Identity

(2007)

Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades

(2006)

Ferramentas

Acessar via DOI Anna's Archive