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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792365703321

Autore

Cahn Naomi R

Titolo

Red families v. blue families [[electronic resource] ] : legal polarization and the creation of culture / / Naomi Cahn and June Carbone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-977946-5

0-19-026025-4

1-282-50113-5

9786612501135

0-19-970719-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarboneJune

Disciplina

306.850973

Soggetti

Domestic relations - Social aspects - United States

Social change - United States

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

Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: FAMILY MAPS; ONE: Moral Demography; TWO: Sexual History; THREE: The Age of Division; FOUR: Personality, Politics, and Religion; PART TWO: THE LEGAL MAP; FIVE: Contraception: Securing the Pathways to Blue Family Life; SIX: Abortion, Law and the Cognitive Map; SEVEN: The Irrationality of Adolescence: What the Adults Are Really Fighting Over; EIGHT: The Marrying Laws; NINE: Custody and Compromise; PART THREE: THE MAP TO THE FUTURE; TEN: Marriage Advice in Shades of Pink; ELEVEN: Making Ready for Baby: Painting the Nursery Sky Blue

TWELVE: Work and Family: Retooling the Foundation in Deep PurpleConclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Red Families v. Blue Families identifies a new family model geared for the post-industrial economy. Rooted in the urban middle class, the coasts and the ""blue states"" in the last three presidential elections, the Blue Family Paradigm emphasizes the importance of women's as well as men's workforce participation, egalitarian gender roles, and the delay of family formation until both parents are emotionally and financially



ready. By contrast, the Red Family Paradigm--associated with the Bible Belt, the mountain west, and rural America--rejects these new family norms, viewing the change in moral