Aunting cultural practices that sustain family and community life /

Ellingson, Laura L.

Aunting cultural practices that sustain family and community life / [electronic resource] : Laura L. Ellingson & Patricia J. Sotirin. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2010. - xiii, 223 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-218) and index.

Introduction: why aunts? -- Caring for kin -- Constructing kin -- Aunts at a distance -- My auntie, my self -- Mentoring and modeling -- Carrying on the family -- Conclusion: aunting in the twenty-first century.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781602584853 (electronic bk.)




Aunts.
Families.


Electronic books.

HQ759.94 / .E45 2010

306.87