Shared writing workshops build fictive kin among second-generation youth

Evidence

A third, and perhaps most intriguing outcome, was the writing workshop as a general clearinghouse for youth to discuss difficult topics that are specific to their Iranian American experiences, creating a sense of group solidarity: they could enjoy their Americanness and Iranianness simultaneously while still feeling loss about their distance from extended family in Iran, while also re-creating a family of fictive kin with other second-generation youth who have shared their experiences. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 490

Categorization

• XREF: Fictive kin as a mechanism resonates with Midwife’s Tale household bonds and with community-founding dynamics in Parable of the Sower. — connects to: Movements succeed by exploiting kin-selection psychology through bonding rituals. — Scott Atran, The Devoted Actor: Unconditional…, 58