On the way to a post-familial family: from a community of need to elective affinities

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The family is not disappearing but is changing form as a result of a trend toward individualization and elective relationships rather than relationships based on need. The traditional family no longer has a monopoly on social relationships. The new form of the family, taken in a broad sense to cover many unconventional forms, could be termed a 'post-familial family.' Holding the family together now takes much more effort, requiring a staging of daily life.

Interpersonal relations

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'As one should, ought and wants to be': belonging and authenticity in identity narratives

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Many adult adoptees whose pasts have been dislocated or destroyed feel compelled to establish identity narratives. Such narratives include emotional resonance and cultural discourses of authenticity, challenging postmodern views of identity as mobile and an aspect of play.

Adoption

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Beyond food/sex: eating and an ethics of existence

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Issues examined concern the interrelationships of food and sex as sites of identity formation. Topics discussed include Foucault's theory of sexuality, food fetishism and corporeality, and the power dynamics of food consumption.

Sexual behavior, History, Criticism and interpretation, Food consumption, Critical Essay, Foucault, Michel, Sex and history

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