[ecrea] Call for Papers | Edited Volume: The Families We (Do Not) Want

Following the Special Session organized in July 2016 at the Third ISA 
Forum in Vienna, it is now finally opened the call for papers for an 
edited volume on  "The Families We (Do Not) Want: Constructing the Past, 
Present and Future Families through Rituals".
This edited volume aims to bring together important advances in studying 
family rituals across a range of disciplines including but not limited 
to sociology, social anthropology, gender, media, tourism and travel 
studies.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (Durkheim, 1912) paved the 
way for sociology to explore, conceptualize and understand the power of 
rituals in our lives. Since then, rituals ceased to be envisaged in the 
restricted area of religion and the sacred; its study gradually extended 
to several dimensions of the everyday interaction and social 
imaginaries. Family rituals constitute no exception. Including the “big” 
days such as life-cycle events, family traditions and celebrations but 
also the “small” days arising from daily life, rituals have never been 
as studied and celebrated as nowadays all around the world.

This volume aims to present and discuss, across borders, the place of 
rituals in constructing contemporary families. Bringing together 
theoretical contributions and empirical studies on the “special” meaning 
of some events, days or occasions, this book aims to portray and 
understand contemporary family rituals in its multiplex dynamics: 
actors, spaces, times, feelings, symbols, actions and meanings.

The volume will have a strong international focus. Early scholars and 
established contributors are welcome to propose chapters addressing, 
among other, the following themes and issues:

- dealing with the “inherited” rituals: obligations and tensions among 
family members;

- planning the desired rituals: personalization and individualization;

- media representations and cultural imaginary on family rituals;

- the family ritual process: backstage and frontstage;

- family rituals and gender: old and new issues;

- family rituals and generations: other views and roles;

- beyond gold images: the “dark side” of family rituals;

- family rituals, ICTs and (other) mobilities;

- family rituals across borders, time and space;

- …

Abstracts of no more than 300 words (in English) outlining the focus of 
the proposed chapter and the methodological approach employed should be 
submitted to Rosalina Costa ((rosalina /at/ uevora.pt) 
<mailto:(rosalina /at/ uevora.pt)>) no later than 31th October 2016. In 
addition, the submission should include details of the authors(s) 
name(s), institution and a short (150 word) biographical note. Authors 
whose abstracts are accepted will be required to submit their full paper 
for peer-review in early 2017.
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