Ranita Ray conducted her fieldwork over a three year period among 16 young men and women in a poor inner city community in Northeastern United States. Ray analyzes kinships and close sibling ties in conditions of poverty. She proposes that while sibling ties often generated resources, in situations of poverty they also involved negative outcomes which often lowered the chances of survival. By exploring how siblings’ relationships are influenced by recurring exchanges of resource under the constrains of poverty, Ray discovers that there are often adverse effects that lead to mistrust and hostility.
This article explains how kinship, specifically siblings, are a major tool in coping with, and surviving, poverty. Ray acknowledges that “siblings
This article explains how kinship, specifically siblings, are a major tool in coping with, and surviving, poverty. Ray acknowledges that “siblings