Kissing Cousins: A New Kinship Bestiary

by Frances Bartkowski

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Since DNA has replaced blood as the medium through which we establish kinship, how do we determine with whom we are kin? Who counts among those we care for? The distinction between these categories is constantly in flux. How do we come to decide those we may kiss and those we may kill?

Focusing on narratives of kinship as they are defined in contemporary film, literature, and news media, Frances Bartkowski discusses the impact of "stories...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231144520

ISBN13:9780231144520

Release Date:September 2008

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 4.8" x 7.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Nature Philosophy

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