Critical Kinship Studies (eBook)

An Introduction to the Field

Damien W. Riggs, Elizabeth Peel (Autoren)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XV, 222 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-50505-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book draws together research on posthumanism and studies of kinship to elaborate an account of western human kinship practices. Studies of kinship have increasingly sought to critique the normative assumptions that often underpin how caring relationships between humans are understood. The categorisation of 'human' and 'kinship' is brought into question and this book examines who might be excluded through adherence to accepted categories and how a critical lens may broaden our understanding of caring relationships. Bringing together a diverse array of analytic foci and theoretical lenses, Critical Kinship Studies opens up new avenues for understanding what it means to be in relationships with others, and in so doing challenges the human exceptionalism that has often limited how we think about family, loss, love and subjectivity. 

Damien W. Riggs is Associate Professor in social work at Flinders University, Australia and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He is the author of almost 200 publications in the fields of gender and sexuality, family, and mental health, in addition to working as a Lacanian psychotherapist in private practice where he specializes in working with transgender young people. 

Elizabeth Peel is a Professor of Communication and Social Interaction in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellow. She is author of over 100 publications in critical social psychology, sexuality and health. She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chair of its Psychology of Sexualities Section. 

Inhalt

Dedication 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contents 12
List of Figures 16
1: Introduction 17
A Story 17
The Study of Kinship 20
Defining Critical Kinship Studies 27
Chapter Topics 33
References 36
2: Objects of Critique 38
A Story 38
Three Objects of Critique 42
Kinship as a Nodal Point of Power 43
The Order of Things 50
The Valorization of Genetic Relatedness 59
Concluding Thoughts 62
References 63
3: Tools of Critique 66
A Story 66
Three Tools of Critique 69
Human Kinship as Technology 70
Subjectivity 74
Affect and Ambivalence 78
Concluding Thoughts 82
References 83
4: Reflecting (on) Nature: Cross Species Kinship 85
A Story 85
Nature as Culture: Raising Monkids 90
Culture as Nature: Conceiving Human Children 99
Concluding Thoughts 109
References 110
5: Donor Connections 112
A Story 112
Organ Donation and Kinship 117
Donor Conception and Kinship 125
Concluding Thoughts 131
References 132
6: Kinship and Loss 134
A Story 134
Loss, Grievability, and Human Exceptionalism 137
Experiences of Pregnancy Loss 140
Narratives of Loss Among Parents of Transgender Children 144
Narratives of Loss Associated with an Autism Diagnosis 150
Concluding Thoughts 153
References 155
7: Motherhood and Recognition 158
A Story 158
Transgender Women and Mothering 161
Motherhood and Dementia 169
Concluding Thoughts 183
References 184
8: Kinship in Institutional Contexts 189
A Story 189
Kinship in a Mother and Baby Unit 193
Kinship in a Memory Clinic 197
Concluding Thoughts 202
References 203
9: Conclusions 205
A Story 205
Final Thoughts on Norms, Criticality, and Personhood 213
References 219
Index 221

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 222 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: animals • Anthropology • Family • Identity • normativity • posthumanism • relationships • Social Psychology • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 1-137-50505-2 / 1137505052
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-50505-7 / 9781137505057