Where the Aunts Are

Family, Feminism, and Kinship in Popular Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Patricia J. Sotirin, Laura L. Ellingson, Patricia Sotirin, Laura Ellingson

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While the aunt is one of the most iconic and beloved figures in popular culture, the societal role and import of real-life contemporary aunts are difficult to pin down. In some settings, she is the sole supporter, caregiver, or surrogate mother and exceeds her familial function as an aunt. In others, she subtly--or not so subtly--transgresses the assumed narrative of feminine identity. Surveying characters from Aunt Bee and Auntie Em to Bernie Mac's Aunt Wanda and House of Payne's Aunt Ella and countless living, breathing aunts across the country, Where the Aunts Are re-visions the ideals of family, femininity, and kinship and, in the process, offers a hopeful and progressive recognition of the multiple possibilities of womanhood in modern culture.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-06-30
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt421 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
FörlagBaylor University Press
ISBN9781602586635

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Patricia J. Sotirin is Professor of Communication at Michigan Technological University and co-author of Aunting: The Cultural Practices that Sustain Family and Community Life with Laura L. Ellingson.Laura L. Ellingson is Professor of Communication and Women's & Gender Studies at Santa Clara University and co-author of Aunting: The Cultural Practices that Sustain Family and Community Life with Patricia J. Sotirin.

Acknowledgments Introduction: What's Up with Aunts? 1. (Not) Like a Mother: Black and White Maternal Aunts2. "Othered" Aunting: Race, Class, and Institutionalized Misogyny3. Like a (Bad) Mother: Neotraditional and Malevolent Aunts4. Wisdom and Witchcraft: Magical Aunts and Nieces5. Eccentric Aunts: Sanity, Sexuality, and Spectacle6. Commodifying the AuntConclusion: The Impact of AuntsAppendix I: Aunt Websites Appendix II: Popular Sources Notes References Index

... a fresh take on an underexplored topic." - Choice"If you have ever been curious about the role of legal, biological, or voluntary aunts, pick up Where the Aunts Are. This book gives a feminist perspective on the power of women, especially that of aunts, as reflected in popular media; further, it discusses the flexible role of aunts in the nuclear family." - Laura Marie Pope, Santa Clara University Communication Research Trends"This volume provides a broadly researched voice in the conversation about women, their families, and opportunities for women to impact in the world." - Dawn Gentry, Milligan College Stone-Campbell Journal