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Aunting: Cultural Practices That Sustain Family and Community Life

Aunting: Cultural Practices That Sustain Family and Community Life

Ellingson, Laura L.
Sotirin, Patricia J.

Hardcover

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1602581525
ISBN13: 9781602581524
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: Jul 29 2010
Pages: 237
Weight: 1.22
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Whether related by biology, marriage, circumstance, or choice, aunts embody a uniquely flexible familial role. The aunt-niece/nephew relationship--though often overlooked--is critical and complex, one that appears at the core of a resilient, healthy family life.

In this engaging book, Laura Ellingson and Patricia Sotirin construct a consideration of aunts that moves from noun to verb. Aunts is more than a group of people or a role; instead, to aunt is a practice, something people do. Some women aunt as second mothers, friends, or mentors, while others play more peripheral roles. In either case, aunts nonetheless significantly impact their nieces and nephews' life choices.

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