Małżeństwa mieszane w przestrzeni społecznej - przegląd aktualnych doniesień

Abstract

The attractiveness and topicality of the research into family life are related to dynamic sociocultural, economic and political transformations which take place globally. For the functioning of family and its members, the current pandemic situation is also of due significance as it has had a substantial impact on the structure of family as well as the needs and values of its members. The topicality of this issue prompts reflection upon the condition of modern family and induces the need for finding out the effects of outer influences on its shape and its inner environment. In the presented study, a discussion is undertaken on the problems of family, with special focus on mixed marriages, which have been increasingly visible not only in marriage statistics but, first of all, in social life. Entering mixed marriages can be justified by bigger social mobility and the elimination of the barriers in interpersonal communication (common use of modern technologies in professional and personal life), or may also result from the individual needs and preferences of people entering such marriages. Mixed marriage itself can be a value, yet – being in such a relationship might constitute a certain burden. The presented study is an attempt to capture certain tendencies occurring in the experiencing of social life by mixed marriages. The article consists of three parts, in which subsequently the issues of family life and the functioning of mixed marriages are introduced, then the data and materials are analysed and certain tendencies are distinguished in reference to various aspects of family and social life. The study is completed with a recapitulation and the indication of some conclusions.