Abstract
This article presents the main results of a qualitative research project focusing on the role of kinship in social identity construction. It highlights three basic social mechanisms of identity transmission: forms of normative reference marks, identity transmission channels, and collective actors. The systemic links between these three mechanisms shape several identity transmission logics. This pluralism of transmission processes is also analysed in a temporal perspective. Each generation exhibits a specific form of identity construction and familial transmission. The analysis is based on a sample of 75 individuals from 25 families in Geneva, Switzerland.
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