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Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Author(s) -

Nelson Margaret K.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of family theory and review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1756-2589

pISSN - 1756-2570

DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12019

Subject(s) - typology , kinship , scholarship , variety (cybernetics) , sociology , voluntary association , next of kin , fictive kinship , genealogy , epistemology , social psychology , psychology , political science , anthropology , history , computer science , law , philosophy , artificial intelligence

Scholarship on fictive kinship has relied on many different terminologies. I argue for a new precision. I review existing discussions and draw on those to suggest a new, experimental typology. I suggest that the typology illuminates a variety of issues, including the aspects of family that are accomplished through fictive kin. I also discuss issues surrounding fictive kinship for which no information exists but about which the typology might help make predictions .

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