Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe Rules and Practices of Relatedness [Hardcover]

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.PART I: OUTLINING RELATEDNESS Introduction; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer Relationality and Socio-cultural Theories of Family Life; C.Smart PART II: ASSEMBLING FAMILIES Making Family at Wedding: Bilateral Kinship and Equality; F. Maillochon & A-M Castr?n Christmas Celebration, an Annual Family Gathering; R.Hauri Family Photographs: Putting Families on Display; A.Gomila Obituaries as Family Assemblages; R.Jallinoja PART III: SETTING UP FAMILIES WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHERS Couple Formation as a Transition between Families; L.Bernardi & A.Oppo Social Networks and Family Formation; S.Keim Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Transnational Adoption; R.H?gbacka PART IV: FAMILIES IN THE REMAKING Money and the Dynamics of Intimate Relationships; C.Ruiner, A.Hirseland & W.Schneider Making Families at an Old Age; D.S?korov? Reassembling Families after Divorce; U.Zartler Families in a Globalized World; E.Beck-Gernsheim PART V: FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AS SOCIAL CAPITAL Family Relations as Social Capital; G.Rossi, R.Bonini & S.Mazzucchelli The Fabric of Trust in Families: Inherited or Achieved?; I.De Carlo & E.D.Widmer Afterthoughts; R.Jallinoja & E.D.Widmer Bibliography IndexELISABETH BECK-GERNSHEIM is Visiting Professor at NTNU/Trondheim, NorwayLAURA BERNARDI is Professor of Demography and Sociology of Life Course, Director of the Laboratory for Life Course Studies and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Competence in Research 'LIVES' at Lausanne University, SwitzerlandROBERTA BONINI is a Lecturer in Social Policy and Quantitative Methodology at the Catholic University of Milan, ItalyIVAN DE CARLO is a PhD Student and Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Geneva University, Switzerlal#m