Kinship Across the Black Atlantic : Writing Diasporic Relations (Volume 23)

'Kinship Across the Black Atlantic provides an outstanding analysis of new models and modes of family-making proposed by a range of key contemporary diasporic writers. Drawing upon a wealth of critical discussions of kinship drawn from anthropology, philosophy, feminism, queer studies, and more...

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Main Author: Adair, Gigi (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Liverpool University Press 2019
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