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How to Define Situated and Ever‐Transforming Family Configurations? A New Materialist Approach

Within the past few decades, the configuration “family” has included diverse living arrangements, yet traditional definitions of family persist. Accordingly, family studies scholars have discussed research strategies and theoretical approaches to define the shifting boundaries of family. In this art...

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Autor principal: Schadler, Cornelia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6686335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12167
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description Within the past few decades, the configuration “family” has included diverse living arrangements, yet traditional definitions of family persist. Accordingly, family studies scholars have discussed research strategies and theoretical approaches to define the shifting boundaries of family. In this article I propose the approach of new materialism for a contemporary definition of family that focuses on situated processes and the complex interplay of material‐discursive differentiation processes. This perspective enriches current debates on defining family by adding concepts of intracontextual posthuman practices and multilocal forms of agency to the discussion, thus allowing for a definition of family that helps make comprehensible today's ever‐transforming configurations.
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spelling pubmed-66863352019-08-14 How to Define Situated and Ever‐Transforming Family Configurations? A New Materialist Approach Schadler, Cornelia J Fam Theory Rev Original Articles Within the past few decades, the configuration “family” has included diverse living arrangements, yet traditional definitions of family persist. Accordingly, family studies scholars have discussed research strategies and theoretical approaches to define the shifting boundaries of family. In this article I propose the approach of new materialism for a contemporary definition of family that focuses on situated processes and the complex interplay of material‐discursive differentiation processes. This perspective enriches current debates on defining family by adding concepts of intracontextual posthuman practices and multilocal forms of agency to the discussion, thus allowing for a definition of family that helps make comprehensible today's ever‐transforming configurations. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc. 2016-12-01 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6686335/ /pubmed/31423152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12167 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Family Theory & Review published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of National Council on Family Relations. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6686335/
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