Personal understandings and cultural conceptions of family in European societies

Family lives in Europe have undergone considerable changes during the past decades. These changes have made it difficult or even impossible to grasp what people mean by 'a family' in their everyday life by an objective, pre-defined set of criteria. Marriage, a couple relationship, parent-c...

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Published in:European societies 2018-10, Vol.20 (5), p.699-714
Main Authors: Lück, Detlev, Castrén, Anna-Maija
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
culture
Europe
Everyday life
Families & family life
family
Gender relations
Genetics
Households
Marriage
Parent-child relations
Reproductive technologies
Socialization
Stepfamilies
Technology
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Summary:Family lives in Europe have undergone considerable changes during the past decades. These changes have made it difficult or even impossible to grasp what people mean by 'a family' in their everyday life by an objective, pre-defined set of criteria. Marriage, a couple relationship, parent-child relationships based on shared bio-genetic substance, a shared household or functions such as reproduction or primary socialisation remain important characteristics of some of the most frequent family forms. However, against the background of an increasing destandardisation of family trajectories, growing importance of family ties across households, complex stepfamily constellations, advanced reproductive technology and negotiated gender relations, they do not hold up as definitions for the family as such.
ISSN:1461-6696
1469-8307
DOI:10.1080/14616696.2018.1487989