When Kinship Becomes Tainted: Symbolic Classification in Chinese Kinship Estrangement
Published online on February 26, 2026
Abstract
Cultural Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Existing studies regard kinship estrangement as an instrumental or reflexive choice that may bring stigma and social pressure. From the perspective of symbolic classification, I explore the sanctification of kinship estrangement. Based on in-depth ...
Existing studies regard kinship estrangement as an instrumental or reflexive choice that may bring stigma and social pressure. From the perspective of symbolic classification, I explore the sanctification of kinship estrangement. Based on in-depth ...