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The Lifestyle Of The "Urban Tribe", Nichelle D. Mcnabb, Rachel Friedman
The Lifestyle Of The "Urban Tribe", Nichelle D. Mcnabb, Rachel Friedman
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It was once the norm for people to get married in their early twenties,
perhaps right after college or maybe during college. Once married, there was
the need to start a family as soon as possible. However, nowadays, people
appear to be substituting (at least for this period of time after college) the
traditional family structure with a new one – the “urban tribe.” This paper
takes a critical approach to examining portrayals of rituals in “urban tribes”
in two television shows – Will & Grace and Friends in which we argue that
the progressive elements of these shows counter …