Diana Gittins

The Family in Question

Changing Households and Familiar Ideologies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After a decade of Thatcherism, rising illegitimacy and the moral panic over child sexual abuse, the family is more of a political issue than ever. But is it 'the family' that is in crisis, or family ideology? In this revised edition of an important and controversial book, Diana Gittins adds to a broad range of historical, anthropological and feminist evidence, a new chapter on child sexual abuse.

Produktdetails

• Women in Society
• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-54570-6
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 12mm x 140mm x 216mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9780333545706
• ISBN-10: 0333545702
• Artikelnr.: 26373205

Autorenporträt

DIANA GITTINS worked in higher education for ten years. She is the author of Fair Sex (Hutchinson, 1982) and a number of articles and essays on gender, families and childhood. She works as a consultant to the Open University and also writes poetry and fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.- Editor's Introduction.- Introduction: Questioning the Family.- How Have Families Changed?.- Is Patriarchy Relevant in Understanding Families?.- What is the Family?.- Is it Universal?.- Why do People Marry?.- Why do People Have Children?.- Why is a Woman's Work Never Done?.- The State: Creator or Destroyer of Family Solidarity?.- Is the Family in a State of Crisis?.- Why Do Men Abuse Children Sexually?.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.