REMARRIAGE AND FAMILY RECONSTITUTION:

QUESTIONS REGARDING METHODOLOGY, LANGUAGE AND THEORY

Authors

  • Júlia Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher Universidade de Brasília
  • Maria Alexandra M. Rodrigues Universidade de Brasília

Abstract

In this paper we comment the changes in the legal
concepts of marriage and filiation resulting from the new Brazilian
Constitution. We then review studies on remarriage and family
reconstitution published in the last ten years. The principal methodological
questions raised in this new research field are discussed, as is the
question of terminology. We analyse the language used among the
members of these new networks and relations and reflect on the
contributions of the principal theoretical approaches to remarriage and
family reconstitution.

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Published

2012-08-15

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Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher, J., & M. Rodrigues, M. A. (2012). REMARRIAGE AND FAMILY RECONSTITUTION:: QUESTIONS REGARDING METHODOLOGY, LANGUAGE AND THEORY. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 6(2), 155–169. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17091