Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 010: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: I Choose You: What Constitutes Family in the 21st Century
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Family, Aging, and Youth

Organizer &

Presider/Discussant: Monnica Gavin, Clark State College

Description: 

The institution of family has undergone many changes in recent years with the increasing global acceptance of contemporary family structures. As we shift our understanding of what a family "looks like" in countries throughout the world, new forms are emerging. This session will examine the 21st century family in its diversity as we explore topics such as interracial partnering, LGBTQIA+ partnering and parenting, marital migration, and non-human animal family members. 

Papers:

“‘They Had Baby Faces Just Like Me’: How East Asian Women Construct Racialized Masculinities,” Olivia Y. Hu, University of Pennsylvania

“Asian American Men’s Ethnically Heterogenous Intermarriage Patterns and Racialized Masculinity,” Jess Lee, California Polytechnic State University

“Ecoexpansive Kinship: A Model for Expanding Conceptualizations of Family to Include Companion Animals,” Rachel M. Schmitz, Oklahoma State University and Jennifer Tabler, University of Wyoming

“Good Brokers, Bad Migrants: Migration Industry and Immigrant Illegality,” Dasom Lee, University of California, San Diego

“Intensive Partnering: Gendered Partnership Aspiration and Household Inequality,” Yinan Wang, Harvard University

“Legality and Why It Matters: LGBTQ Parental Identity Construction and Experiences,” Allison Jendry James, Albion College

“Yes, Dear; Yes, Queer: Division of Household Labor among Queer Couples,” Ami MH Frost, The University of Oklahoma, Honorable Mention in the Family Division’s Student Paper Competition

“‘Omo Iya’wusa’: Family Inheritance Feud, Communal Conflicts, and its Social Problem in Akure South Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria,” Adejoke Rachael Adesida, Achievers University

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