Modern Spinsters in the Family and Kinship in the 21st Century
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Central Asian Studies
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There has been a lot of intellectual and political attention paid to the recent changes in family structures, which have been seen as signaling a decrease in obligations and commitments and a rise in selfish individualism. Even though historically, their singleness has been explained with duties to care for parents and extended family, single women risk being portrayed as strident individualists in contemporary Western societies due to their lack of connection with significant others. This research examines spinsters' social and family networks. The changes and continuities illustrated reflect an increase in the context and meanings of caring obligations, not a decrease. According to the study's findings, this research contradicts a view of humans as autonomous and self-directed and supports arguments regarding the progressive potential of different family practises in today's changing Western cultural and societal contexts.
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Modern Spinsters, Family, Kinship, 21st century