The duplication of functions and kinship positions as a strategy for the construction of paternity / maternity in reconstituted families

It is interesting to notice that authors such as Théry (1985), le Gall and Marin (1993) and le Gall (1996) who study reconstituted families have not dealt with all of the possible consequences of the idea of family constellation, specially the one which states that the concept of family should inclu...

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Autores: Jociles Rubio, María Isabel, Villaamil Pérez, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1613
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/1613
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reconstituted families
Family constellation
Paternity
Maternity
Positions
Familias reconstituidas
Constelación familiar
Paternidad
Maternidad
Roles
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Sumario:It is interesting to notice that authors such as Théry (1985), le Gall and Marin (1993) and le Gall (1996) who study reconstituted families have not dealt with all of the possible consequences of the idea of family constellation, specially the one which states that the concept of family should include more than just residency. Another point to notice is that the paternity and maternity analysis hasn’t been applied within the family modality. This article presents the results of an investigation where this idea has proven to be very successful in analysing the ways in which father/mother and stepfather/stepmother parental positions and roles are formed in the basis of these families, given that the ways in which the role or parental position of a biological father without custody is formed is not independent from other ways in which a stepfather manages to build his parental position, just like during these processes members of the family constellation also have some influence, such as the spouses’s or couple’s parents.