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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know of any articles on friendship
particularly (or kinship also). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I am 'doing ethnography' in an online community (from a Social
Anthropological viewpoint) and my data is driving me to<BR>look at friendship as
perhaps a more flexible bond than kinship. In some<BR>cases friendship seems to
be the precursor to the adoption of familial<BR>roles' as in ..."she's my
cybermom". Strong friendship ties appear to be a<BR>major part of the social
relations that are being negotiated in this<BR>particular online community. I
didn't want to lose myself in trawling<BR>through all the kinship
literature.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks a lot</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denise</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>