Stepfamily
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23654687 |
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| Authors | Patricia Watson (0000-0001-8660-9682), Patricia J Watson (0000-0003-3757-4924, Bard College Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah22258 |
| OpenAlex | W4247830500 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In Greece and Rome, the frequency of remarriage following death or divorce ensured that stepfamilies were relatively common. Yet although conflicts arose as a result of disputes over inheritance, hostility between stepmothers and stepchildren, or stepfamily “incest,” it is only stepmothers who consistently received a bad press.
Biology · Developmental psychology · Genealogy · Hostility · Inheritance (genetic algorithm) · Remarriage · Sociology · Stepfamily · Anthropology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Genetics · History · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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