Like Family: Narratives of Fictive Kinship

by Margaret K. Nelson

Book Overview

For decades, social scientists have assumed that "fictive kinship" is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be "like family" among the white middle-class. Drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, Nelson describes the quandaries and contradictions, delight and anxiety, benefits and costs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813564050
• ISBN13: 9780813564050
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher