The new family

著者

• Silva, Elizabeth B.
• Smart, Carol

書誌事項

The new family

edited by Elizabeth B. Silva and Carol Smart

Sage, 1999

• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. [159]-173

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

`I would recommend the book to anyone with an interest in the family, whether their interest is in constructs of "old" family values and morals, or in the "new" alternatives, and (possibly from a political point of view), threatening family. It provides food for thought for members of all these groups' - Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology `The essays explore the increasing diversity, both for the study of sociology and for the wider political agenda' - International Journal of Law and the Family Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. Most politicians and researchers have viewed these changes as harmful, suggesting that the family as an institution should not alter. The `New' Family? challenges these dominant views. Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather than simply seeing change as dangerous and undesirable.

目次

The `New' Practices and Politics of Family Life - Elizabeth B Silva and Carol Smart Risk and Family Practices - David Morgan Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life Resourcing the Family - Sarah Irwin Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation Transforming Housewifery - Elizabeth B Silva Dispositions, Practices and Technologies A Passion for `Sameness' - Gillian Dunne Sexuality and Gender Accountability Everyday Experiments - Jeffrey Weeks, Catherine Donovan and Brian Heaphy Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships The `New' Parenthood - Carol Smart Fathers and Mothers after Divorce Generational Ties in the `New' Family - Joanna Bornat et al Changing Contexts for Traditional Obligations Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts - Mary Chamberlain A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families Reconsidering Children and Childhood - Julia Brannen Sociological and Policy Perspectives

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA39376336
• ISBN:
  • 076195855X
  • 0761958568
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 177 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Family