ANTH 4020 / 5020 Explorations in Anthropology Kinship: Being and Belonging

What does it mean to describe a friend as “like family”? When is “family” actually about disconnection rather than connection? In what ways do people “choose” their own family members? Are members of a nation part of a “national family”? How do processes like international adoption shape understandings of race within families? How do caregiving ties constitute or complicate kinship relationships?

 

Professor Kathryn Goldfarb

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