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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451766403321

Titolo

The new family? [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elizabeth B. Silva and Carol Smart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-283-88157-8

1-4462-3823-7

1-4462-6408-4

0-7619-5855-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SilvaElizabeth Bortolaia

SmartCarol

Disciplina

306.85

Soggetti

Families

Family policy

Work and family

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 - The 'New' Practices and Politics of Family Life; Chapter 2 - Risk and Family Practices: Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life; Chapter 3 - Resourcing the Family: Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation; Chapter 4 - Transforming Housewifery: Dispositions, Practices and Technologies; Chapter 5 - A Passion for 'Sameness'? Sexuality and Gender Accountability; Chapter 6 - Everyday Experiments: Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships; Chapter 7 - The 'New' Parenthood: Fathers and Mothers after Divorce

Chapter 8 - Generational Ties in the 'New' Family: Changing Contexts for Traditional ObligationsChapter 9 - Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts: A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families; Chapter 10 - Reconsidering Children and Childhood: Sociological and Policy Perspectives; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the dominant view that the family as an institution must not change, this book considers such issues as: the diverse practices in



today's families; the need for a broader definition of families; and how policies should be tailored for families.