Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Bauer, Elaine, 1959-

Title The Creolisation of London kinship : mixed African-Caribbean and white British extended families, 1950-2003 / Elaine Bauer.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2010]
©2010

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series IMISCOE Dissertations
IMISCOE dissertations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has witnessed a growing proportion of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families. With rich new primary evidence of 'mixed-race' in the capital city, The Creolisation of London Kinship thoughtfully explores this population. Making an indelible contribution to both kinship research and wider social debates, the book emphasises a long-term evolution of family relationships across generations. Individuals are followed through changing social and historical contexts, seeking to understand in how far many of these transformations may be interpreted as creolisation. Examined, too, are strategies and innovations in relationship construction, the social constraints put upon them, the special significance of women and children in kinship work and the importance of non-biological as well as biological notions of family relatedness. -- P. [4] of cover.
Contents Cover13; -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of tables and figures -- 1. Introduction: London, the research context -- 2. Outlining and assessing studies of British kinship since the 1950s -- 3. Coming together: A case study of the Smith family -- 4. Extending the links: The agency of women and the significance of children in the creation and maintenance of kinship -- 5. Kinship histories: The significance of family history in the creation and maintenance of kinship relations -- 6. Mixed sociability and the growth of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families in London -- 7. Mixed heritage, racial prejudice and social positioning -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Miscegenation -- England -- London -- History.
Miscegenation.
England -- London.
History.
Racially mixed people -- England -- London -- 20th century.
Racially mixed people.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Racially mixed people -- England -- London -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Bauer, Elaine. Creolisation of London kinship. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010 9789089642356 (OCoLC)669124781
ISBN 9789048512522 (electronic book)
9048512522 (electronic book)
1283020653
9781283020657
9789089642356
9089642358
9048512522