Introduction. Contemporary Relatedness: Between Normativity and Transgressions

Abstract

In the 21st century, anthropological studies have witnessed new research on kinship understood as relatedness. The authors of the articles included in this issue of Anthropologia show the richness and diversity of contemporary kinship studies. They underscore the vitality of kinship as an ideal model for broader relations of solidarity. Recall the situated relevance that specific relationships – marital, parental, reproductive, among siblings – have within different local contexts. Describe the tension between norms, normality, and transgressions, questioning the processes that give relations meaning and produce hierarchies, marginality, and exclusion. Finally, they highlight the enduring relevance that the analysis of kinship and reproduction continues to have in social and cultural anthropology as a privileged field for understanding the texture of social life and questioning what would otherwise be taken for granted.