Stepfamilies
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Stepfamilies

History, Research, and Policy

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eBook - ePub

Stepfamilies

History, Research, and Policy

About this book

Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy examines language use, laws, cultural stereotypes, media images, and social policies and practices to create an understanding of how predominant views about stepfamilies and stepfamily members are constructed within society. As the rates of divorce and remarriage continue to increase, it is more important than ever to overcome nuclear family ideology and abandon the model of research that compares stepfamilies with nonstepfamilies. This book shows you how honor and empowerment can be attained in new family structures and how alternative kin networks can be just as healthy as the traditional nuclear family unit.As this book examines the ability of different societies to integrate different family forms into mainstream notions of "family," you will realize the damaging effects of treating stepfamilies as incomplete, undesirable institutions. In fact, Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy will challenge your notions of family over and over again, as it discusses:

  • key relationships in stepfamilies
  • stepfather involvement in parenting after remarriage
  • meaning of gender in a stepfamily
  • differences in "investment" between biological and nonbiological parents
  • demographic change and significant shifts in the social and cultural implications of stepfamilies
  • attempting to reconstruct a household like that of a previous marriage
  • the impact of stereotypes on the internal dynamics of stepfamilies and on the interactions of stepfamilies with outsiders
  • the absence of guidelines and cultural norms for role performance and problem solving in stepfamiliesStepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy discusses both the difficulties of forming new families and households as well as the factors that promote family cohesiveness and integration in stepfamilies. From stereotypes of stepmothers to ambiguous legal relationships to child maltreatment in stepfamilies to sibling relations, there isn't much that the penetrating lens of this book leaves uncovered.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781317790662
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Editors
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Stepfamilies from a Historical Perspective
  9. Stepfamilies in 1984 and Today—A Scholarly Perspective
  10. Confronting Nuclear Family Bias in Stepfamily Research
  11. Step-Family Variations
  12. How Society Views Stepfamilies
  13. Stepfamilies from the Stepfamily’s Perspective
  14. Stepfamily as Project
  15. Stepfamilies from the Child’s Perspective: From Stepfamily to Close Relationships
  16. Stepfamilies from Siblings’ Perspectives
  17. The Stepparent Role from a Gender Perspective
  18. Stepfamily Therapy from the Client’s Perspective
  19. Current Knowledge About Child Abuse in Stepfamilies
  20. Stepfamilies from a Legal Perspective
  21. Stepfamilies from a Policy Perspective: Guidance from the Empirical Literature
  22. Stepfamily Policy from the Perspective of a Stepfamily Organisation
  23. Family Life Education Programs for Stepfamilies
  24. Step- and Foster Families: A Comparison
  25. Index