The New Family ? (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Silva, Elizabeth Bortolaia; Smart, Carol

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

`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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446264089
• Artikelnr.: 41836298

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Silva is a Senior Research Fellow, and Carol Smart is Professor of Sociology. They are both based at the University of Leeds. CONTRIBUTORS Joanna Bornat Open University Julia Brannan Institute of Education, London Mary Chamberlain Oxford Brookes University J Dimmock Open University Catherine Donavan South Bank University Gillian A Dunne Cambridge University Brian Heaphy South Bank University Sarah Irwin University of Leeds David Jones Open University David Morgan University of Manchester S Peace Open University Jeffrey Weeks South Bank University

Inhaltsangabe

The `New' Practices and Politics of Family Life - Elizabeth B Silva and Carol Smart
Risk and Family Practices - David Morgan
Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life
Resourcing the Family - Sarah Irwin
Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation
Transforming Housewifery - Elizabeth B Silva
Dispositions, Practices and Technologies
A Passion for `Sameness' - Gillian Dunne
Sexuality and Gender Accountability
Everyday Experiments - Jeffrey Weeks, Catherine Donovan and Brian Heaphy
Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships
The `New' Parenthood - Carol Smart
Fathers and Mothers after Divorce
Generational Ties in the `New' Family - Joanna Bornat et al
Changing Contexts for Traditional Obligations
Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts - Mary Chamberlain
A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families
Reconsidering Children and Childhood - Julia Brannen
Sociological and Policy Perspectives

Rezensionen

`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



`...as an objective account of certain aspects of modern families, the authors succeed in challenging dominant views and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should function as opposed to what they actually do' - Family Practice