Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite submissions for Panel 18 at the EASA 2016
conference at the University of Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July, 2016.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15th February 2016.
Best regards,
Julia Pauli and Rijk van Dijk
Convenors
Julia Pauli (Hamburg University)
Rijk van Dijk (Leiden University)
Short Abstract
The panel scrutinizes the dynamics of exchange and emotion in
contemporary marriages, weddings and intimacies. We explore the
relevance of marriage in an age of multiple intimate relationships and
commitment uncertainties.
Long Abstract
One important legacy of anthropological theory is the comparative
study of kinship and marriage. Influential research paradigms such as
alliance theory were derived from the dynamics of marriage ties. The
critique of structural-functionalist approaches to kinship in the
1970s and 1980s was followed by a decline of research on kinship and
marriage. Since the 1990s, a revival under the rubric of 'New Kinship
Studies' has taken place. Novel concepts such as 'relatedness' have
been introduced. In-depth analyses of new reproductive technologies,
divergent sexualities and a focus on the creation of filial ties are
main concerns of this research. To put it a bit polemic, it seems that
the study of kinship and marriage has moved from the exchange of wives
to the exchange of babies. What can the 'New Kinship Studies' add to
the contemporary study of marriage? How can other emerging fields,
like the anthropologies of love, emotion, sexuality and consumption,
be integrated into our rethinking of marriage? In times of multiple
intimate relationships, including same-sex marriage, and increasing
commitment-uncertainties, how important is marriage today? Taking
exchange and emotion within marriage and intimacy as our starting
point we ask contributors to also address the influence of other
social transformations, e.g. global consumption trends, divergent
sexualities and the life-styles of the emerging middle classes.
Propose a paper here:
http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4063
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