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“Odd Family Out: Closely Reading Kate & Allie’S ‘New Women’ Household”, Vincent L. Stephens
“Odd Family Out: Closely Reading Kate & Allie’S ‘New Women’ Household”, Vincent L. Stephens
Vincent L Stephens
Odd Family Out addresses the unique ways friendship operates as a form of kinship on the popular television series Kate & Allie which aired on CBS from 1984-89. The essay draws upon research on kinship and informal family networks to frame the series' innovative depiction of workable family structures--a germane topic discourse on families in the 21st century.