Rearticulating the Aunt: Feminist Alternatives of Family, Care, and Kinship in Popular Performances of Aunting

The aunt in contemporary Anglo-American culture is a deserving though oft-overlooked cultural identity for critical feminist analysis. This article examines selected performances of aunting in contemporary U.S. popular culture to illustrate how the cultural work of aunting articulates both dominant...

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Published in:Cultural studies, critical methodologies critical methodologies, 2007-11, Vol.7 (4), p.442-459
Main Authors: Sotirin, Patty, Ellingson, Laura L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caring
Cultural Identity
Cultural studies
Cultural values
Culture
Families & family life
Family Life
Family Relations
Family studies
Feminism
Feminist Theory
Gender studies
Kinship
Popular Culture
Relatives
Social norms
U.S.A
United States of America
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Summary:The aunt in contemporary Anglo-American culture is a deserving though oft-overlooked cultural identity for critical feminist analysis. This article examines selected performances of aunting in contemporary U.S. popular culture to illustrate how the cultural work of aunting articulates both dominant and transgressive constructions of family, care, kinship, and feminine agency. The quiet transgressions of popular aunt figures offer potent sites for progressive feminist rearticulations of family life and kinship relations.
ISSN:1532-7086
1552-356X
DOI:10.1177/1532708607304538