Extensions of Meaning and Use for Kinship Terms<sup>1</sup>

Ballweg, John A.

doi:10.1525/aa.1969.71.1.02a00100

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“…The term fictive kin is widely used with respect to people marginalized with regard to age (Allen, Blieszner, & Roberto, 2011;Johnson, 1999), race (Chatters et al, 1994), family structure (Hertz & Ferguson, 1997;Johnson, 1988) and country of origin (Ebaugh & Curry, 2000). The term has been used less frequently, in recent years, to describe relationships within mainstream White populations than it was in the past (Ballweg, 1969;Ibsen & Klobus, 1972;Nelson, 2013).…”

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Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Nelson

2013

J of Family Theo & Revie

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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.

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Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Nelson

2013

J of Family Theo & Revie

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“…Theoretically, substitution processes can be explained by the model on functional specificity of relationships (Simons, 1983(Simons, -1984. Extended family constructions include nonkin relationships (Braithwaite et al, 2010) and label these ties as fictive kin (Ballweg, 1969;Mac Rae, 1992;Stack, 1974) or voluntary kin (Braithwaite et al, 2010).…”

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“…Theoretically, substitution processes can be explained by the model on functional specificity of relationships (Simons, 1983–1984). Extended family constructions include nonkin relationships (Braithwaite et al., 2010) and label these ties as fictive kin (Ballweg, 1969; Mac Rae, 1992; Stack, 1974) or voluntary kin (Braithwaite et al., 2010). These concepts show how the absence of functioning kinship ties results in a (cognitive) reconstruction of the concept of the family that includes chosen relationships (Allen, Blieszner, & Roberto, 2011; Grossman, D’Augelli, & Hershberger, 2000; Hahmann, 2014; Shippy, Cantor, & Brennan, 2007; Weston, 1991).…”

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Friendship Repertoires and Care Arrangement

Hahmann

2016

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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Friends are important companions and serve as sources for diverse dimensions of social support, including elderly care. Rather than researching populations that have already established care arrangements including friends, the author seeks to understand relationship systems with a focus on the inner logic friendship to consequently describe and understand involved care arrangements, be it with family members or friends. To illustrate the diversity of friendship repertoires, qualitative interviews with older adult Germans are analyzed regarding cognitive concepts of friendships in contrast to familiar ties as well as social practices around relationship systems. While some repertoires successfully include chosen ties in their care arrangements, others not only focus on family, they do not wish to receive care from friends. The article's praxeological approach highlights the need to reflect habitual differences when thinking about elderly informal care arrangements.

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“…Associational forms of kinship are found in fraternal or religious contexts, such as the use of "brother" to refer to a priest. On a personal level, kinship symbolizes an attempt to strengthen the propinquity between non-kin individuals (Ballweg 1969). William Shakespeare used it in his plays, such as "The Winter's Tale" and "Henry VIII" (itself a salient discussion on how female fictive kinships could be empowering for the women involved (Vanita 2000).…”

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Fictive kinship as it mediates learning, resiliency, perseverance, and social learning of inner-city high school students of color in a college physics class

Alexakos

Jones

Rodríguez³

2011

Cult Stud of Sci Educ

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In this hermeneutic study we explore how fictive kinship (kin-like close personal friendship) amongst high school students of color mediated their resiliency, perseverance, and success in a college physics class. These freely chosen, processual friendships were based on emotional and material support, motivation, and caring for each other, as well as trust, common interests, and goals. Such close bonds contributed in creating a safe and supportive emotional space and allowed for friendly, cooperative competition within the physics classroom. Friends became the role models, source of support, and motivation for the fictive kinship group as well as for each other, as the group became the role model, source of support, and motivation for the individuals in it. Because of their friendships with one another, physics talk was extended and made part of their personal interactions outside the classroom. These social relationships and safe spaces helped the students cope and persevere despite their initial conflicting expectations of their success in physics. Our research thus expands on the concept of social learning by exploring student friendships and how they frame and mediate such a process. Executive summaryΣτην παρούσα μελέτη διερευνούμε πώς οι σχέσεις στενής αδελφικής φιλίας μεταξύ μαθητών λυκείου συνετέλεσαν ώστε οι μαθητές αυτοί που παρακολουθούσαν ένα πανεπιστημιακό μάθημα φυσικής να αντέξουν τις δυσκολίες, να επιμείνουν στις προσπάθειες και τελικά να επιτύχουν στις επιδόσεις τους. Οι αδελφικοί φιλικοί δεσμοί

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Extensions of Meaning and Use for Kinship Terms¹

Cited by 40 publications

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Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Friendship Repertoires and Care Arrangement

Fictive kinship as it mediates learning, resiliency, perseverance, and social learning of inner-city high school students of color in a college physics class

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Cited by 40 publications

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Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Fictive Kin, Families We Choose, and Voluntary Kin: What Does the Discourse Tell Us?

Friendship Repertoires and Care Arrangement

Fictive kinship as it mediates learning, resiliency, perseverance, and social learning of inner-city high school students of color in a college physics class

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