Families and kinship in contemporary Europe
Subtitle: rules and practices of relatedness
By: edited by Riitta Jallinoja and Eric D. Widmer
Series: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780230284289
Subjects: Families; Kinship
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I:; title: Outlining Relatedness:; title: Introduction  -- Riitta Jallinoja and Eric D. Widmer;; title: Relationality and socio-cultural theories of family life  -- Carol Smart -- Part II:; title: Assembling Families:; title: Making family at a wedding: bilateral kinship and equality  -- Florence Maillochon and Anna-Maija Castrén;; title: Christmas celebration, an annual family gathering  -- Roland Hauri,; title: Family photographs: putting families on display  -- Aantònia Gomila;; title: Obituaries as family assemblages  -- Riitta Jallinoja -- Part III:; title: Setting up Families with Significant Others:; title: Couple formation as a transition between families  -- Layra Bernardi and Aana Oppo;; title: Social networks and family formation  -- Sylvia Keim;; title: Exclusivity and inclusivity in transnational adoption  -- Riitta Högbacka -- Part IV:; title: Families in the Remaking:; title: Money and the dynamics of intimate relationships  -- Carikune Ruiner, Andreas Hirseland and Werner Schneider;; title: Making families at an old age  -- Dana Sýkorová;; title: Reassembling families after divorce  -- Ulrike Zartler;; title: Families in a globalized world  -- Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- Part V:; title: Family Relationships as Social Capital:; title: Family relations as social capital  -- Giovanna Rossi, Roberta Bonini and Sara Mazzucchelli.; title: The fabric of trust in families: inherited or achieved?  -- Ivan De Carlo and Eric D. Widmer;; title: Afterthoughts -- Riitta Jallinoja and Eric D. Widmer.