Fictive kinship

heroic resistance” emerged as well. This diverse group of Africans, often including long-term enemies, were learning how to cooperate together under this stress and how to fight back. By learning how to bond, Rediker states how they created a “fictive kinship” where they thought themselves as brothers and sisters. This newfound unity led to revolts. For example, Onion speaks about how the Amistad revolt was able…

as an outlet for them to deviate from their norms. However, through this interaction, I was able to engage in more of a participant observation by joining in on their fun. Through this, I got a feel of the culture surrounding football and the fictive kinship ties that have been formed between the players. Despite not being related by blood save for a few small cases, the boys interact so closely with one another you would think they are related. In fact, many of them refer to the other members…

Use the stress and coping theory to discuss the family challenges of race, ethnicity, refugees and immigration in the U. S. and make some global comparisons. Give some examples of changes that are positive for families. What stressors are still problematic? Stress and coping theory stated a model that was comprised by stressors, perception of the stressor, coping resources and the crisis (Price, Price & McKenry). Racial and ethnicity minority groups are living under multiple stressors in…

In this election cycle, race has played a crucial role in determining the outcome of the election, with both candidates making racial remarks in an attempt to appeal to black Americans. President-elect Donald J. Trump has gone under increasing fire for saying that black neighborhoods were “war zones” when referring to urban black neighborhoods. However Trump fails to appeal to the growing black middle-class, a racial class represented in Karyn R. Lacy’s ethnography Blue-Chip Black. Blue-Chip…

is always there for you and will help you through things. Encyclopedia.com states, “American Indians would define family as members made up of fictive and non-fictive kin (blood related and non-blood related), extended family, tribal community, and the nation of American Indians as a whole today. In this regard, one is never alone or without family, a kinship network.” It is interesting to see that they have two types of “family” and it shows how close they are to their tribe. It…

existence of slave markets. With liberalism not corresponding to appearances and the weakness of the regions governing apparatus, led the region to naturally gravitate towards clientelism and caudillo rule. Caudillos provided a sense of closeness and fictive kinship to the citizens of Latin America, while sneers from the European liberal elite further drove people toward the caudillos…

parents during tough economic times. Lillian Rubin’s classic 1976 study Worlds of Pain acknowledge the importance of kin network help. Rubin demonstrated that kin network helps to reduce financial stress among working class families. Certainly, the kinship help from my grandmother when it came to babysitting my siblings and I helped my father and mother overcome the financial stressors that working-class families struggle with when it comes to finding affordable daycare. Although blue-collar…

Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers focuses on the struggles of Annawadi’s residents as many of them attempt to create a better life for their families. A small slum located near the Mumbai airport, Annawadi highlights the juxtaposition of an Indian underclass and the growing economy of the country around them. While so many of these families, through an expanding global market economy, can see the benefits of globalization and capitalism, the potential upsides of these systems…

messages that indicated pride and being educated about one’s culture led to positive outcomes academically, mentally, and emotionally. Historically, the family has been a main form of support for African Americans. The community, the church, and fictive kin are also a part of this social network, which contributes to African Americans being able to overcome challenges they face. The strong social support system helps to promote resiliency in African American culture. The sample used in this…

Marcus Rediker takes us on a difficult journey of what it was like to travel the middle passage for a slave from 1700-1808 in his riveting book, The Slave Ship: A Human History. He focuses heavily on the calculated barbarity of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and how it gave birth to capitalism with the commodification of humans as goods to be bought and sold on the open market. Rediker gives us a unique and unexplored perspective of the slave trade to give us a sense of the violence that…