The New Family ?
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The New Family ?

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The New Family ?

About this book

`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.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
1998
Print ISBN
9780761958567
eBook ISBN
9781446264089
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Work
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Chapter 1 - The 'New' Practices and Politics of Family Life
  5. Chapter 2 - Risk and Family Practices: Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life
  6. Chapter 3 - Resourcing the Family: Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation
  7. Chapter 4 - Transforming Housewifery: Dispositions, Practices and Technologies
  8. Chapter 5 - A Passion for 'Sameness'? Sexuality and Gender Accountability
  9. Chapter 6 - Everyday Experiments: Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships
  10. Chapter 7 - The 'New' Parenthood: Fathers and Mothers after Divorce
  11. Chapter 8 - Generational Ties in the 'New' Family: Changing Contexts for Traditional Obligations
  12. Chapter 9 - Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts: A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families
  13. Chapter 10 - Reconsidering Children and Childhood: Sociological and Policy Perspectives
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index