Rearticulating the Aunt: Feminist Alternatives of Family, Care, and Kinship in Popular Performances of Aunting
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2007
Publisher
Sage
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Sotirin, P., & Ellingson, L. L. (2007). Rearticulating the Aunt: Feminist Alternatives of Family, Care, and Kinship in Popular Performances of Aunting. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 7(4), 442–459. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708607304538
