The new family? / edited by Elizabeth B. Silva and Carol Smart.
Contributor(s): Silva, Elizabeth Bortolaia
| Smart, Carol.
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BookPublisher: London : Sage, 1999Description: viii, 177 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 076195855X (v) (hbk); 0761958568 (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Family | Family policy | Work and familyDDC classification: 306.85 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085724 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085736 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
`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.
Bibliography: (pages 159-173) and index.
The 'new' practices and politics of family life / Elizabeth B. Silva and Carol Smart -- Risk and family practices: accounting for change and fluidity in family life / David H.J. Morgan -- Resourcing the family: gendered claims and obligations and issues of explanation / Sarah Irwin -- Transforming housewifery: dispositions, practices and technologies / Elizabeth B. Silva -- A passion for 'sameness'?: sexuality and gender accountability / Gillian A. Dunne -- Everyday experiments: narratives of non-heterosexual relationships / Jeffrey Weeks, Catherine Donovan and Brian Heaphy -- The 'new' parenthood: fathers and mothers after divorce / Carol Smart -- Generational ties in the 'new' family: changing contexts for traditional obligations / Joanna Bornat, Brian Dimmock, David Jones and Sheila Peace -- Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts: a lateral perspective on caribbean families / Mary Chamberlain -- Reconsidering children and childhood: sociological and policy perspectives / Julia Brannen.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The 'New' Practices and Politics of Family Life
- Risk and Family Practices
- Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life
- Resourcing the Family
- Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation
- Transforming Housewifery
- Dispositions, Practices and Technologies
- A Passion for 'Sameness'
- Sexuality and Gender Accountability
- Everyday Experiments
- Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships
- The 'New' Parenthood
- Fathers and Mothers after Divorce
- Generational Ties in the 'New' Family
- Changing Contexts for Traditional Obligations
- Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts
- A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families
- Reconsidering Children and Childhood
- Sociological and Policy Perspectives