Configuración de la familia en su diversidad

espanolLa familia se ha configurado a lo largo de la historia de diferentes maneras, ha transitado desde una estructura nuclear hasta una que permite varias posibilidades de diversidad. Sin embargo, este transito ha requerido muchas veces de marcadas luchas sociales que aun hoy dia generan controversia. Este trabajo muestra un analisis de dicho transito haciendo un recorrido desde lo global hasta lo local. Se analizan las definiciones de familia, su contexto en Latinoamerica y en Colombia, los cambios y nuevas formas de configuracion y finalmente se cuestiona sobre la identidad de la familia y su papel como sujeto politico que trasiende su caracter de institucion. English Throughout history, the family has been configured in different ways. It has traveled from a nuclear structure to one, which allows various possibilities of diversity. However, this transit has often required marked social struggles, which still generate controversy today. This work shows an analysis of that transit, by going from the global to the local. It analyzes the definitions of family, its context in Latin America and Colombia, the changes and new forms of configuration, and finally, challenges the identity of the family and its role as a political subject, which transcends its character as an institution.