SOCI 2270 Lecture 2: SOCI2270 – Unit 2

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2270
• Professor: Linda Cohen

Document Summary

The ole of (cid:858)fa(cid:373)ily practices(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)displays of fa(cid:373)ily(cid:859) i(cid:374) adoptive ki(cid:374)ship. Chris jones and simon hackett: e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) (cid:449)hat the autho(cid:396)s (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) the follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g state(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: (cid:862)ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess (cid:396)aises sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of ki(cid:374)ship (cid:863) (42). Ho(cid:449) is ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess at the (cid:862)i(cid:374)t(cid:396)ape(cid:396)so(cid:374)al(cid:863), (cid:862)i(cid:374)t(cid:396)a-fa(cid:373)ilial(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)-fa(cid:373)ilial(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1009)(cid:1008)(cid:895) le(cid:448)els affe(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of ki(cid:374)ship a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g adopti(cid:448)e fa(cid:373)ilies: (cid:862)ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess (cid:396)aises sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the meaning of kinship within contemporary adoptive families. It unsettles traditional western cultural assumptions about the primacy of biological connectedness and the designation of kinship as either fictive or real. Intra-familial: exploration with either the adoptive family or the birth family. Inter-familial: exploration of issues between adoptive family members and birth family members, discuss how adoptees and adopters established family practices. These family events were transformed into family stories, a family history, which could be told and retold within the family and those outside the family and, therefore, became (cid:858)displa(cid:455)s of fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:863)