Exchange and Intimacy in the Inner City
Rethinking Kinship Ties of the Urban Poor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ranita Ray (0000-0001-8817-4846, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-364 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241614568191 |
| OpenAlex | W1997080393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
Drawing on three years of fieldwork among a group of young men and women from a poor urban community in Northeastern United States, I explore the salience of sibling ties in the lives of poor urban youth. Observations reveal that siblings provide crucial support in navigating institutions such as school, work, and criminal justice system. Proximity in age combined with familial piety and exposure to almost identical family, school, and neighborhood often means that sibling ties have unique implications for survival against poverty. However, I also point out several negative effects of influence through intimacy. While scholars have long grappled with the issue of survival through kinship ties, as well as its role in limiting upward mobility for the poor, I illustrate the cost of exchange on intimate ties. Obligatory exchange under the constraints of poverty often blur the line between exchange and unconditional love. Those who provide resources desire obedience or make decisions for those they provide for, and dependency makes relationships fraught with hostility
Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Hostility · Interpersonal ties · Kinship · Obedience · Poverty · Salience (neuroscience · Sibling · Sociology · Strong ties · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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No More Kin
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La Vida
All our kin
The Truly Disadvantaged
The Philadelphia Negro
Family Relationships From Adolescence to Early Adulthood
Kin Networks and Poverty among African Americans
The Effect of Sibship Size on Educational Attainment in China
An Ethnographic Portrait of a Precarious Life
Powerlessness and the Amplification of Threat
On the Run
Single Mothers and Social Support
Class, Culture, and Family Organization
Children's experience of family disruption and family formation
Creating Networks for Survival and Mobility
Relationships in Adolescence
Beating the Odds" Versus "Changing the Odds
Practicing Intersectionality in Sociological Research
Kin Effects on Black-White Account and Home Ownership
Disposable Ties and the Urban Poor
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |