Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe
Rules and Practices of Relatedness
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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.
About this Author
RIITTA JALLINOJA is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Helsinki University, Finland. She has published several books on family, and has co-edited with Eric Widmer the bookBeyond the Nuclear Family: Families in a Configurational Perspective.
ERIC WIDMER is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research interests include family and other interpersonal relationships, life course, social norms, and social networks.
ERIC WIDMER is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research interests include family and other interpersonal relationships, life course, social norms, and social networks.
ISBN:
9780230284289
Format: Hardcover
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Pages: 272
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011-03-15
Format: Hardcover
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Pages: 272
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011-03-15
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