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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 .