Where the Aunts Are: Family, Feminism, and Kinship in Popular Culture - Rilegato

Sotirin, Patricia J.; Ellingson, Laura L.

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ISBN 10: 1602583307 ISBN 13: 9781602583306

Casa editrice: Baylor Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

While the aunt is one of the most iconic and beloved figures in popular culture, the societal role and import of real-life contemporary aunts are difficult to pin down. In some settings, she is the sole supporter, caregiver, or surrogate mother and exceeds her familial function as an aunt. In others, she subtly--or not so subtly--transgresses the assumed narrative of feminine identity. Surveying characters from Aunt Bee and Auntie Em to Bernie Mac's Aunt Wanda and House of Payne's Aunt Ella and countless living, breathing aunts across the country, Where the Aunts Are re-visions the ideals of family, femininity, and kinship and, in the process, offers a hopeful and progressive recognition of the multiple possibilities of womanhood in modern culture.

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L'autore:

Patricia J. Sotirin is Professor of Communication at Michigan Technological University and co-author ofAunting: The Cultural Practices that Sustain Family and Community Life with Laura L. Ellingson.

Laura L. Ellingson is Professor of Communication and Women's & Gender Studies at Santa Clara University and co-author ofAunting: The Cultural Practices that Sustain Family and Community Life with Patricia J. Sotirin.

Product Description:

Book by Sotirin Patricia J Ellingson Laura L

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Baylor Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1602583307
• ISBN 13: 9781602583306
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 244