Informal Fictive Kinship in Japan<sup>1</sup>

Norbeck, Edward; Befu, Harumi

doi:10.1525/aa.1958.60.1.02a00090

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“…Fictive kinship is present when an individual finds and feels a sense of belonging within a non-familial social network (Fordham, 1988). Fictive kinship is a well-tested and seemingly universal concept (Chatters, Taylor, & Jayakody, 1994;Cook & Williams, 2015;Davila, 1971;Freed, 1963;Ibsen & Klobus, 1972;Kim, 2009;Mac Rae, 1992;Martin & Martin, 1985;Norbeck & Befu, 1958;Vatuk, 1969). Fordham's (1988) fictive kinship stays within the bounds of the nature of racism outlined by CRT and can be used to provide plausible explanations for the isolation individual TUS in STEM describe (Campbell, Denes, & Morrison, 2000;Ong et al, 2011).…”

Section: Theoretically Reframing Stem Doctoral Persistence: Criticamentioning

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Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Bancroft

2018

Science Education

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The proportion of Black, Latinx, and American Native individuals annually earning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral degrees in the United States (US) has been enduringly and inequitably low for decades compared to their White peers. Despite the intransigent connection between race and STEM doctoral outcomes, US STEM education policy documents typically fail to identify racism as influencing this racial inequity. This paper presents critical capital theory (CCT)—an integration of critical race theory, forms of capital, and fictive kinship—to give racism full explanatory power within the context of US STEM doctoral outcomes. CCT proposes that access to large and affluent social networks containing supportive individuals who have knowledge of how to successfully navigate institutions of power is currently core to STEM doctoral success. This access reinforces STEM identity and belonging, but has been and continues to be primarily preserved for White students via an ever‐evolving system of racism. CCT proposes systems supporting STEM faculty’s consistent provision of high‐quality mentorship experiences for all their students—coupled with accountability for providing this mentorship—would result in more equitable STEM doctoral outcomes.

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Section: Theoretically Reframing Stem Doctoral Persistence: Criticamentioning

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Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Bancroft

2018

Science Education

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“…Chishimba (1984) notes its use in African languages. It is found in Japan (Norbeck and Befu, 1958;Ishino, 1953), and has also been reported in Latin America. It is widespread in the Arab world.4 However, the extent and the spread of use of the phenomenon is peculiar to South Asia, where, as has been noted, it is a characteristic of languages belonging to all four families, and can be seen as a phenomenon made necessary by the socio-cultural environment.…”

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Interactional strategies in South Asian languages: their implications for teaching English internationally

D’souza

1988

World Englishes

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This paper examines interactional strategies in several South Asian languages and shows that the norms that effect politeness in South Asian languages are very different from those that operate in native English. The implications of these differences for the teaching of English in South Asia are explored in the context of the relationship between language and 'grammar of culture.' It is claimed that communicative competence can only be achieved when there is a fit between language and grammar of culture. This must be kept in mind when English is taught internationally because in countries in which English has been institutionalized speakers have adapted English to fit in with their grammar of culture. These speakers of English have communicative competence in their variety of English, and the need for them to develop native-like competence is debatable.

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“…Although primogeniture (inheritance passing to the eldest male child) is one characteristic of historical ie ideology, in practice, inheritors might be younger sons, a daughter, a daughter's husband, the child of an extended family member, an unrelated couple, employees, or even (in the past) servants or slaves. Adoption of such people has long been a central characteristic of Japanese ie maintenance (Bachnik 1983;Hozumi 2004;Norbeck and Befu 1958).…”

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Intimate Japan: ethnographies of closeness and conflict

Irie

Kuo

O’Leary

2020

Journal of Gender Studies

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An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access ISBNs for this book are 9780824882440 (PDF) and 9780824882457 (EPUB). More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

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Informal Fictive Kinship in Japan¹

Cited by 24 publications

References 4 publications

Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Interactional strategies in South Asian languages: their implications for teaching English internationally

Intimate Japan: ethnographies of closeness and conflict

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Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Toward a critical theory of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics doctoral persistence: Critical capital theory

Interactional strategies in South Asian languages: their implications for teaching English internationally

Intimate Japan: ethnographies of closeness and conflict

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