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cultural practices that sustain family and community life
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. Drawing on personal narratives that represent a rich cross section of society, Ellingson and Sotirin construct a cohesive story of the diversity of aunting experiences in the contemporary United States. --from publisher description
Introduction: why aunts? -- Caring for kin -- Constructing kin -- Aunts at a distance -- My auntie, my self -- Mentoring and modeling -- Carrying on the family -- Conclusion: aunting in the 21st century.
Laura L. Ellingson & Patricia J. Sotirin.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index.