Michelle Janning

The Stuff of Family Life

How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Does putting your phone on the dinner table impact your relationships? How does the TV placement in your home affect your family? The Stuff of Family Life looks at the changing world of families through a unique examination of their stuff. The book takes readers through phases of family life, examining our choices about spaces and objects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781442254794
• ISBN-10: 1442254793
• Artikelnr.: 43042601

Autorenporträt

Michelle Janning is professor of sociology at Whitman College. As a board member of the Council on Contemporary Families, she specializes in family and gender studies and cultural sociology. Her work has been published in sources such as the Journal of Family Issues and the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, and she has been quoted in media such as Women's Health and Real Simple.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Families
Home Spaces
and Objects: Welcome Mats and Plumbing Pipes Chapter 2: From Childhood to Adulthood: Stuffed Animals
Blankets
and Wall Posters Chapter 3: Couplehood: Love Letters and Beds Chapter 4: Parents and Children: Family Photo Albums and LEGO Bricks Chapter 5: Gender and Household Division of Labor: Tool Boxes and Spices Chapter 6: Home and Paid Work Intersections: Work Bags and Calendars Chapter 7: Separated Families: Sofabeds
Laptops
and Cell Phones Chapter 8: Beyond Single (Nuclear) Families: Dining Tables and Dishes Chapter 9: Families
Homes
and Social Change: Toilets and Showers Epilogue Spatial
Material
and Social Boundaries for Families: Fences and Pathways