Families, labour and love

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Families, labour and love

Maureen Baker

Allen & Unwin , UBC, 2001

  • : bound
  • : pbk

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Families, labour and love : family diversity in a changing world

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-298) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: bound ISBN 9780774808484

内容説明

We think of our family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control. Families, Labour and Love identifies the ways in which family and personal life in three 'settler' societies - Australia, New Zealand and Canada - has been shaped by colonisation, immigration, globalisation, demographic changes, law and policy. Baker shows that these three countries, each a former colony, developed similar family trends and similar family policies. Strongly gendered patterns of paid and unpaid work played a major role in family life. The family practices of indigenous people were largely overlooked, as were those of recent immigrant groups. However local conditions also produced significant differences in family experiences among the three countries. Richly illustrated with examples, comparative data and textual sources, Families, Labour and Love provides a broad-ranging analysis of the family which will appeal to students, researchers and policy-makers. Maureen Baker outlines with great clarity the diversity of families and the way in which they are shaped by historical and cultural forces. The focus on Australia, New Zealand and Canada is not only refreshing but throws into sharp relief the impact on contemporary families of the colonial experience, industrialisation, large scale immigration and globalisation. David de Vaus, La Trobe University

目次

1 The personal and social world of families 2 Cultural variations in families 3 Early family life in settler societies 4 Conceptualising families 5 Intimacy, cohabitation and the quality of marriage 6 Childhood, reproduction and childcare 7 Families and paid/unpaid work 8 Separation, divorce and remarriage 9 State regulation of family life 10 The future of family life Glossary References
巻冊次

ISBN 9781864489859

内容説明

We think of our family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control. Families, Labour and Love identifies the ways in which family and personal life in three 'settler' societies - Australia, New Zealand and Canada - has been shaped by colonisation, immigration, globalisation, demographic changes, law and policy.Baker shows that these three countries, each a former colony, developed similar family trends and similar family policies. Strongly gendered patterns of paid and unpaid work played a major role in family life. The family practices of indigenous people were largely overlooked, as were those of recent immigrant groups. However local conditions also produced significant differences in family experiences among the three countries.Richly illustrated with examples, comparative data and textual sources, Families, Labour and Love provides a broad-ranging analysis of the family which will appeal to students, researchers and policy-makers.Maureen Baker outlines with great clarity the diversity of families and the way in which they are shaped by historical and cultural forces. The focus on Australia, New Zealand and Canada is not only refreshing but throws into sharp relief the impact on contemporary families of the colonial experience, industrialisation, large scale immigration and globalisation.David de Vaus, La Trobe University

目次

1 The personal and social world of families2 Cultural variations in families3 Early family life in settler societies4 Conceptualising families5 Intimacy, cohabitation and the quality of marriage6 Childhood, reproduction and childcare7 Families and paid/unpaid work8 Separation, divorce and remarriage9 State regulation of family life10 The future of family lifeGlossary References

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