Format:
xiv, 278 S.
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graph. Darst.
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23 cm
ISBN:
9780230284289
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0230284280
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in family and intimate life
Content:
"Instead of seeing the family as a "monolithic" entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin"--
Content:
"Instead of seeing the family as a "monolithic" entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin"--
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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Machine generated contents note:PART I: OUTLINING RELATEDNESS -- Introduction; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer -- Relationality and Socio-cultural Theories of Family Life; C.Smart -- PART II: ASSEMBLING FAMILIES -- Making Family at Wedding: Bilateral Kinship and Equality; F. Maillochon & A-M Castre;n -- Christmas Celebration, an Annual Family Gathering; R.Hauri -- Family Photographs: Putting Families on Display; A.Gomila -- Obituaries as Family Assemblages; R.Jallinoja -- PART III: SETTING UP FAMILIES WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHERS -- Couple Formation as a Transition between Families; L.Bernardi & A.Oppo -- Social Networks and Family Formation; S.Keim -- Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Transnational Adoption; R.Högbacka -- PART IV: FAMILIES IN THE REMAKING -- Money and the Dynamics of Intimate Relationships; C.Ruiner, A.Hirseland & W.Schneider -- Making Families at an Old Age; D.Sýkorová -- Reassembling Families after Divorce; U.Zartler -- Families in a Globalized World; E.Beck-Gernsheim -- PART V: FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AS SOCIAL CAPITAL -- Family Relations as Social Capital; G.Rossi, R.Bonini & S.Mazzucchelli -- The Fabric of Trust in Families: Inherited or Achieved?; I.De Carlo & E.D.Widmer -- Afterthoughts; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: OUTLINING RELATEDNESS -- Introduction; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer -- Relationality and Socio-cultural Theories of Family Life; C.Smart -- PART II: ASSEMBLING FAMILIES -- Making Family at Wedding: Bilateral Kinship and Equality; F. Maillochon & A-M Castre;n -- Christmas Celebration, an Annual Family Gathering; R.Hauri -- Family Photographs: Putting Families on Display; A.Gomila -- Obituaries as Family Assemblages; R.Jallinoja -- PART III: SETTING UP FAMILIES WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHERS -- Couple Formation as a Transition between Families; L.Bernardi & A.Oppo -- Social Networks and Family Formation; S.Keim -- Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Transnational Adoption; R.Högbacka -- PART IV: FAMILIES IN THE REMAKING -- Money and the Dynamics of Intimate Relationships; C.Ruiner, A.Hirseland & W.Schneider -- Making Families at an Old Age; D.Sýkorová -- Reassembling Families after Divorce; U.Zartler -- Families in a Globalized World; E.Beck-Gernsheim -- PART V: FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AS SOCIAL CAPITAL -- Family Relations as Social Capital; G.Rossi, R.Bonini & S.Mazzucchelli -- The Fabric of Trust in Families: Inherited or Achieved?; I.De Carlo & E.D.Widmer -- Afterthoughts; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
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Sociology
Keywords:
Europa
;
Familie
;
Verwandtschaft
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Widmer, Eric 1966-
