Fictive kinship

Family Influence Far beyond blood relatives, families are people that care for eachother, and they all have influences on one another. These families that everyone finds themselves in make up who they are as people, and shape their morals or beliefs. This idea is portrayed through countless stories and works of literature, including the novella of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck and the novel to Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Although their books address different topics, Lee and Steinbeck both

As my relatives arrived, I began to feel more alone. The conversation ran the usual course. The men talked about the Cleveland Browns or the Detroit Lions. The woman talked about their children or past marriages. I kept on the move between the two groups. My biggest fear was that I would start taking about the war or say something about the woodland spirits that my Aunt Claudia believed existed. I wanted to talk about her, but I knew very little about her life. She believed that it was her destiny

All about Harmony Lee Harmony Lee is an 18-year-old young lady who enjoys volleyball, drawing, reading and listening to music. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii until the age of 10 when she moved to Alaska. I discovered she had many nicknames given to her by her family and friends, my favorite was “Dori”, Harmony is apparently an extremely clumsy but greatly loved by her family. A band of interest is Far East Movement, various island music, and artists like Sammy J, Kolohe Kai, J Boog and oldies artist

As I blinked my eyes open, I remembered the screeching of the car. My heart racing at felt like a thousand’s, I finally remembered it had happened so quickly. I layed down until my mind comprehended what was happening. I heard an easy voice in the distance, ‘’Are you all right?’’It was the paramedics talking to little sisters. I tried to yell, but the medics walked up to me and patted me up, and told me to go get my sisters and follow her to the ambulance. I ran crying and breathing harshly and complaining

The "modern family" is a controversial topic that many disagree on. Some think that today's modern family is bad and should be more traditional, with family values of the past, while, on the other hand, some believe that the modern family, full of technology and evolving family values, is a good thing and should be celebrated. These opinions about the modern vs traditional family style are not as important as the four main components of a family. These components are the ability to take the idea

Section 1 Every family faces stressors in normal everyday life. In addition to regular family stress, military families also face stress attributed to military life. Military families experience things like deployments, relocations, PTSD, depression, other mental health issues and constant shifting of family responsibilities due to parental absences. Due to the transitional nature of military family life, it is crucial that relationships within the family stay strong to generate good collective familial

I finally arrived at the mansion for the annual family reunion. Many of my relatives and I were staying at my uncle’s mansion in Happy Valley— Happy Valley is the Beverly Hills of Oregon. There were over thirty five of my relatives in Oregon at the time and most of the relatives from California were staying at the mansion. I never fully understood how materialistic my family was until I went to this house for the hundredth time during freshman year. “Why can’t you cook like my sister?!” my uncle

Sister Mary In Polish accent: (Siostra Mary) Sister Mary died last week. I’m (Bascia) Barbara Ann, and it’s traumatic for me because in a poor, but hard-working large family of 12 kids, the youngest is bound to watch other’s die. The middle Sister Rose, was the slave of the family, only going to 8th grade and helping Mama around the house when Mama had to work like Rosie the Riveter in World War II. It’s like that in all Slav or Slave (I scream out Slave) European countries. I was the baby girl but

The slave journey, after the breaking of the kinship, begins with the forced collection and shipment of the enslaved human towards the new world. On this voyage a transformation of the self takes place, a loss of hope; desperation. A slave’s mind would wonder and think if it was better to just jump off and let the sharks take their lives rather than give their life to the white man. The ‘Tall Ship’, the name of a vessel with a large mast, was the primary ship that carried hundreds of the slaves across

of relationships and the role of fictive kin influence major pilgrimages. My aspirations in pursuing a Ph.D in Anthropology is to advance my understanding of the relationship bonds formed by individuals while undertaking pilgrimages. Specifically, I want to explore the ways in which the altruistic behavior produces kinship cues that allow for the formation of this fictive kin relationship. Through ethnographic engagement, I seek to investigate how fictive kinship sustains itself throughout the pilgrimage