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- Title
DESAFÍOS Y CONTINUIDADES EN LA CONYUGALIDAD A DISTANCIA.
- Authors
ILLANES, JAVIERA CIENFUEGOS
- Abstract
This article develops the concept of conjugality from two analytical dimensions which are intertwined in it at the level of social practices: whereas the first one concerns to the intimacy building, the second links the (heterosexual) couple with the household in which it is embedded. I named these dimensions intimacy and family organization respectively. From my point of view conjugality is constructed by way of a adjustment between these two dimensions. Given the different ways in which these dimension might be balanced, there are a plurality of conjugal arrangements at the empirical level. In the context of transnationalization of family ties, I advance the hypothesis that the particular form of conjugality at distance is an arrangement in which the intimate and organizational dimensions intersect in a particular way. In this link occurs an accentuation of the intimacy dimension in the relationship. Finally, in the last part of the article, I propose an operational scheme to analyze the concept of conjugality as well as a set of indicators to taken into account for the empirical analysis of transnational conjugality.
- Subjects
NUCLEAR families; INTIMACY (Psychology); TRANSNATIONALISM -- Social aspects; COUPLES; HOUSEHOLDS -- Social aspects; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Familia, 2011, Vol 3, p146
- ISSN
2145-6445
- Publication type
Article