The Creolisation of London Kinship

Mixed African-Caribbean and White British Extended Families, 1950-2003

Elaine Bauer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040781609
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has witnessed a growing proportion of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families. With rich new primary evidence of 'mixed-race' in the capital city, The Creolisation of London Kinship thoughtfully explores this population. Making an indelible contribution to both kinship research and wider social debates, the book emphasises a long-term evolution of family relationships across generations. Individuals are followed through changing social and historical contexts, seeking to understand in how far many of these transformations may be interpreted as creolisation. Examined, too, are strategies and innovations in relationship construction, the social constraints put upon them, the special significance of women and children in kinship work and the importance of non-biological as well as biological notions of family relatedness.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction: London, the research context
• 2 Outlining and assessing studies of British kinship since the 1950s
• 3 Coming together: A case study of the Smith family
• 4 Extending the links: The agency of women and the significance of children in the creation and maintenance of kinship
• 5 Kinship histories: The significance of family history in the creation and maintenance of kinship relations
• 6 Mixed sociability and the growth of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families in London
• 7 Mixed heritage, racial prejudice and social positioning
• 8 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Appendix III