Kincoherence/Kin-Aesthetics/Kinematics

Bradway, Tyler; Freeman, Elizabeth

doi:10.1215/9781478023272-001

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“…The shift towards a processual approach to kinship introduced new themes in kinship research, such as gay and lesbian kinship, that previous intellectual traditions had neglected. Research on this topic is commonly framed as ‘queer kinship’, ‘families of choice’, and ‘alternative kinship’ (Bradway & Freeman 2022 b ; Levine 2008; Mizielińska, Gabb & Stasińska 2018; Weston 1997 [1991]), and is predominantly based in Euro‐America (for exceptions: Brainer 2019; Dankwa 2021; Morison, Lynch & Reddy 2020). Although our study builds upon this important body of literature, we refrain from labelling the relations we study as ‘queer’, ‘alternative’, or ‘chosen’, because these frames emphasize difference.…”

Section: Kinship and The Messiness Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, we find it important to explore how these families live their lives and manage, not always easily, to gain the respect of people around them. Their stories help us understand kinship as ‘a horizon of violence and possibility’ (Bradway & Freeman 2022 a : 3) and illustrate how different articulations of rejection and acceptance can be simultaneously present in the social lives of these families. A closer ethnographic analysis of kinship practices reveals the intricate articulation of possibilities that appear contradictory.…”

Section: Doing Kinshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Family matters: same‐sex relations and kinship practices in Kenya

Andrikopoulos,

Spronk

2023

Royal Anthropological Inst

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Guided by social justice and sexual health concerns, scholars of same‐sex sexualities in Africa have mainly examined related conflicts and inequities, generating an unbalanced emphasis on homophobia. Following Stella Nyanzi's plea for a broader exploration of queer sexuality in Africa, we move beyond the strictly sexual sphere to study the kinship arrangements of same‐sex couples in Kenya. These couples rely on the different possibilities afforded by kinship – in both its inclusive and exclusive capacities – to create accommodation and acceptance. Capturing the complexities and paradoxes of social life, the ethnographic study of kinship practices in everyday life shows how homophobia and accommodation can co‐exist. Furthermore, the embeddedness of same‐sex relationships in kinship structures and the subscription of same‐sex couples to the same norms held by cross‐sex couples clearly indicates the difficulty of construing these forms of relatedness as essentially different from other kinship formations. Thus ‘queering queer Africa’ requires not only taking a broader perspective and looking beyond what is usually classified as ‘queer’ but also un‐queering what at first appears as queer and thus ‘queerying’ the barriers and the range of possibilities that characterize the lives and subjectivities of people with same‐sex desires.

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