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Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity: Childless Parents and Their Animal "Kids"

Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity: Childless Parents and Their Animal "Kids"

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Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity: Childless Parents and Their Animal "Kids"

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Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity: Childless Parents and Their Animal "Kids"

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Wayne: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

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Sociological forum (Randolph, N.J.), 2017-09, Vol.32 (3), p.610-634

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English

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Wayne: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

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Identity theory posits that role identity is negotiated between human social actors and is based in broader cultural expectations about how particular statuses should be performed. I argue that the formation of role identity in actors can also occur in relationship to nonhuman actors, if they are perceived as minded. Depending on context and human...

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Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity: Childless Parents and Their Animal "Kids"

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1934166321

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1934166321

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0884-8971

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1573-7861

DOI

10.1111/socf.12351

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