Defining the Family Aaron Michael Butts Ethnographic fieldwork and formal linguistic

Ethnographic fieldwork and formal linguistic analysis have traditionally been thought to be diametrically opposed

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Graham engages in a sustained critique of Fuchs's natural theory

Defining the Family Aaron Michael Butts Ethnographic fieldwork and formal linguisticDefining the Family: Law, Technology, and Reproduction in an Uneasy Age provides a sweeping portrait of the family in American law from the nineteenth century to the present. The family today has come to be defined by individuality and choice. Pre nuptial agreements, non marital cohabitation, gay and lesbian marriages have all profoundly altered our ideas about marriage and family. In the last few years, reproductive technology and surrogacy have