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fictive kin: a standalone construct

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fictive kin1 CONSTRUCTFictive kinEBAUGH · CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Cultural anthropology

people treated as family without ties of blood or marriage, who provide the support and obligations of kin.

In cultural anthropology, fictive kin refers to people treated as family without ties of blood or marriage, who provide the support and obligations of kin. This meaning comes from Ebaugh (2000) in Sociological Perspectives.[1]

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References

  1. Ebaugh, H. R., & Curry, M. (2000). Fictive Kin as Social Capital in New Immigrant Communities. Sociological Perspectives, 43(2), 189-209. https://doi.org/10.2307/1389793

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