Abstract

Abstract Recently, attention has been drawn in the social scientific literature and research to the effects of changes in family structure on the individual and family life cycle. With reference to the Italian situation, the author discusses the way in which in contemporary societies an increasing number of individuals go through different kinds of families/ households over their lives, commuting, during specific life phases, between different households and families on a more or less permanent basis. The phenomenon of commuting between households renders the boundaries of the family household less clear and more permeable, challenging the meaning of family membership and of family boundaries.

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