Creative Families - Gender and Technologies of Everyday Life (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This edited collection brings together two strands of current discussions in gender research through the concept of creativity. First, it addresses creativity in the context of the family, by exploring changing and newly emergent family forms and ways of creating and maintaining intimate relationships. Creativity here is understood not as just "newness or originality," but as that which, in the words of Eisler and Montouri (2007), "supports, nurtures, and actualizes life by increasing the number of choices open to individuals and communities." One aim of this book, therefore, is to investigate the social, collaborative, and creative interactions in contemporary family and kin formations in Europe. Second, the volume examines how new media and technologies are entering and shaping everyday family lives. Technological transformations and adaptions have not only enabled the creation of new forms of families and ways of family living, but also challenged the established constellations of gender and family arrangements. The present volume addresses these issues from multiple perspectives and in different contexts, and explores the involvement of different actors. By problematizing the creativity of becoming and "doing" family and kinship, the authors acknowledge the increasing fluidity of gender identities, the evolving diversity of relationships, and the permeation of technology into daily life.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Mediating Kinship, Representation, and Difference
Release date:	June 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Jana Mikats • Susanne Kink-Hampersberger • Libora Oates-Indruchova
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-070802-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-070802-0
Barcode:	9783030708023

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