Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Books
University of California Press Bottled Up
Book SynopsisProbes breastfeeding politics through the lens of the author's own experiences as well as those of the women she has met through her popular blog, The Fearless Formula Feeder. Incorporating expert opinions, medical literature, and popular media into a pithy, often wry narrative, this title offers a corrective to our infatuation with the breast.Trade Review"Barston's short and well-researched book ... based on two years' of interviews with pediatricians, researchers, sociologists, statisticians and fellow feminists will either help expectant moms make personal decisions, or potentially reassure them if they find themselves unable to breastfeed when they had wanted to do so." - Top 10 Books to Gift at a Baby Shower Brain, ChildTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Preconceived Notions 2 Lactation Failures 3 Of Human Bonding 4 The Dairy Queens 5 Damn Lies and Statistics 6 Soothing the Savage Breast Notes References and Further Reading
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University of California Press The Monster Within
Book SynopsisMixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a social taboo. This title uncovers the roots of ambivalence, and tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children.Trade Review"Just the thing for a gray and drizzly autumn afternoon. Drawing on her thirty-seven years of practice as a psychoanalyst as well as her own experiences as a mother, Almond leads an adventurous tour through the shadowy, secret parts of the mother's psyche... An oddly compelling read." New Yorker "Myth-shredding look at maternal ambivalence." Ms Magazine "First, let me recommend this engrossing study to every new mother, old mother, good mother and bad mother. Sons, husbands, dads and lovers might profit from reading this, too. 'The Monster Within' addresses what everybody knows, but almost nobody talks about: Even the best mothers among us will be or have been tormented from time to time by strong feelings of dread, fear, hatred and even revulsion at the whole process of motherhood, as well as experiencing downright murderous feelings toward our children." -- Carolyn See Washington Post Book World "A smart, cohesive read, and a welcome respite from perfect-mother guidebooks. Recommended If: The last book you'd ever pick up is one about motherhood." Bitch "Takes on the taboo of maternal ambivalence... Almond, a psychoanalyst, offers an optimistic message about the roots of these mixed emotions." The Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Ubiquity of Maternal Ambivalence Chapter 2. Motherlove: The Power of Maternal Desire Chapter 3. The Subtle Ambivalence of the Too-Good Mother Chapter 4. "Before the Beginning": Women's Fears of Monstrous Births Chapter 5. Women's Reproductive Fears: More Clinical Examples Chapter 6. Rachel's Story: Internalized Ambivalence and the Dangers of Hidden Guilt Chapter 7. Whose Fault Is It? The Externalization of Ambivalence Chapter 8. When Fears Are Realized Chapter 9. From the Child's Point of View Chapter 10. Vampyric Mothering: From Stage Moms to Invasive Moms Chapter 11. The Darkest Side of Motherhood: Child Murder Chapter 12. What Happens Later: The Fate of Maternal Ambivalence Chapter 13. What's a Mother to Do? Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Playing to Win
Book SynopsisBy analyzing the roots of these competitive after school activities and their contemporary effects, this title contextualizes elementary school-age children's activities, and suggests they have become proving grounds for success in the tournament of life - especially when it comes to coveted admission to elite universities, and beyond.Trade Review"Impressive... This study is vital reading for parents and educators interested in how the American idea of winners and losers is trickling down to the next generation." Publishers Weekly "If you are interested in after-school activities and the future prospects of the children who participate in them, Playing to Win by Hilary Levey Friedman is a must-read. An astute, well-researched and clearly written account, the book examines the ins and outs of today's competitive youth culture across three different arenas: chess, soccer and dance." Brain, Child "Given the considerable competitive pressure on even young children to prepare for elite colleges and lucrative careers, this study is timely and provocative...Nonspecialists who have read both Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Lenore Skenazy's Free-Range Kids: How To Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry ) may find it of interest." Library Journal "In leading up to her examination of the characteristics and motivations of modern-day chess families, Friedman delights lovers of of historical and global context by tracking the evolution of competitive chess among young people in the United States." Chess Life "Top 12 Must-Read Education Books ... Harvard sociologist Friedman follows children involved in chess, dance and soccer, showing the differences among these sub-groups, how and why these competitive activities work and the resulting implications for inequality and gender in the educational system." -- Alison Krupnick, ParentMap Education Editor ParentMap Magazine "This book is a must-read for scholars interested in family, childhood, and stratification. It would also be a thought-provoking text for undergraduate students, many of whom may have participated in competitive activities throughout their lives." Sociology of Sport Journal "Richly textured... insightful." -- Erendira Rueda Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsPreface: Enter to Grow in Wisdom Introduction: Play to Win 1. Outside Class: A History of American Children's Competitive Activities 2. More than Playing Around: Studying Competitive Childhoods 3. Cultivating Competitive Kid Capital: Generalist and Specialist Parents Speak 4. Pink Girls and Ball Guys? Gender and Competitive Children's Activities 5. Carving Up Honor: Organiz ing and Profiting from the Creation of Competitive Kid Capital 6. Trophies, Triumphs, and Tears: Competitive Kids in Action Conclusion: The Road Ahead for My Competitive Kids Appendix: Questioning Kids: Experiences from Fieldwork and Interviews Notes Works Cited Index
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University of California Press Families in America
Book SynopsisIn this accessible, engaging, and up-to-date course book, Susan L. Brown employs ethnographic vignettes and demographic data to introduce students to twenty-first century perspectives on contemporary families. Appropriate as a primary or secondary text in classes on family and marriage, this book probes momentous shifts in the definition of family, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and policy debates on welfare reform and work-family issues. Brown also explores the rise in nonmarital childbearing and single-mother families and the decline of traditional marriage by delving into the historical roots of family change, current trends of family formation and dissolution, and the implications of family change for the well-being of adults and children. With a lens toward socioeconomic inequality and racial-ethnic variation in family patterns, Families in America illustrates how family diversity is now the norm. The Sociology in the Twenty-First Century series introduces students to a range of sociological issues of broad interest in the United States today, with each volume addressing topics such as family, race, immigration, gender, education, and social inequality. These books-intended for classroom use-will highlight findings from current, rigorous research and demographic data while including stories about people's experiences to illustrate major themes in an accessible manner. Learn more at www.ucpress.edu/go/sociologyinthe21stcentury.Trade Review“Thorough first introduction to family sociology or a refresher on current trends in the U.S., as well as specific sections of courses on gender, race and ethnicity, or stratification.” * Teaching Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Families 2. Pathways to Family Formation 3. Union Dissolution and Repartnering 4. Adult and Child Well-being in Families 5. Family Policy Issues: Domestic and International Perspectives Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of California Press Us Relatives
Book SynopsisExplores how scalar blindness skews our understanding of these cultures and the debates they inspire. This book elaborates on indigenous modes of "being many" that have been eclipsed by scale-blind anthropology, which generally uses its large-scale conceptual language of persons, relations, and ethnic groups for even tiny communities.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PROLOGUE: ONE OF US INTRODUCTION: SCALAR BLINDNESS AND FORAGER WORLDS DOWNSCALE 1. MAPS OF HOME 1. AT HOME: SETTING AND MIND SETTING DOWNSCALE 2. CENSUS OF RELATIVES 2. LIVING PLURALLY: MOBILITY AND VISITING DOWNSCALE 3. TREE OF RELATIVES 3. THE SIB MATRIX: DYADIC AND SEQUENTIAL LOGIC 4. COUPLES AND CHILDREN: GENDER, CAREGIVING, AND FORAGING TOGETHER DOWNSCALE 4. TAXONOMY OF NONHUMAN RELATIVES 5. NONHUMAN KIN: UNISPECIES SOCIETIES AND PLURAL COMMUNITIES DOWNSCALE 5. FAMILY AND ETHNONYM 6. A CONTINUUM OF RELATIVES: OTHERING AND US-ING 7. THE STATE'S FORAGERS: THE SCALE OF MULTICULTURALISM EPILOGUE: PLURIPRESENT AND IMAGINED COMMUNITIES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
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University of California Press Dating Divide Race and Desire in the Era of
Book SynopsisThe data behind a distinct form of racism in online dating. The Dating Divide is the first comprehensive look at digital-sexual racism,a distinct form of racism that is mediated and amplified through the impersonal and anonymous context of online dating. Drawing on large-scalebehavioral data from a mainstream dating website, extensive archival research, and more than seventy-fivein-depth interviews with daters of diverse racial backgrounds and sexual identities, Curington, Lundquist, and Lin illustrate how the seemingly open space of the internet interacts with theloss of social inhibition in cyberspace contexts, fostering openly expressed forms of sexual racism that arerarely exposed in face-to-face encounters.The Dating Divide is a fascinating look at how a contemporary conflux of individualization, consumerism, and the proliferation of digital technologies hasgiven rise to a unique form of gendered racism in the era of swiping rightor left. The internet is often heralded as an equalizer, a seemingly level playing field,but the digital world also acts as an extension ofand platform forthe insidious prejudices and divisive impulses that affect social politics in the realworld. Shedding light on how every click, swipe, or message can be linked to the history of racism and courtship in the United States, thiscompelling study uses datato showthe racial biases at play in digital dating spaces.Trade Review"The Dating Divide claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives." * Times Higher Education *"The Dating Divide adds historical background and in-depth interviews to explain where our dating biases come from. . . . A useful and thoughtful contribution to the literature, and well worth reading." * Social Forces *“The Dating Divide is a unique study of online dating, an area not readily studied but significant to modern society. . . . The role of race in these interactions is an important area of examination and will no doubt be increasingly important. . . . Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *"The Dating Divide makes strong empirical interventions…[that] make this text quite useful for teaching about structural racism and its embeddedness in our personal lives in an accessible way." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Introduction: Dear Tinder, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1. Where Hate Trumps Love: The Birth and Legacy of Antimiscegenation in the United States 2. From the Back Porch to the Computer Screen: The Rise of Choice in Courtship 3. New Rules? Gendered Online Engagement 4. A Privilege Endures: Dating While White in the Era of Online Dating 5. The Unique Disadvantage: Dating While Black 6. The Asian Experience: Resistance and Complicity 7. "Hey, You’re Latin. Do You Like to Dance?": The Privilege and Disadvantage of Latino/a Daters 8. Postracial Multiracialism: A Challenge to the White Racial Frame? Conclusion: Abolishing the Dating Divide Acknowledgments Appendix: Data and Methods Interviews Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Crunch Time How Married Couples Confront
Book SynopsisIn Crunch Time,Aliya Hamid Rao gets up close and personal with college-educated, unemployed men, women, and spouses to explain how comparable men and women have starkly different experiences of unemployment. Traditionally gendered understandings of workthat it's a requirement for men and optional for womenloom large in this process, even for marriages that had been not organized in gender-traditional ways. These beliefs serve to make men's unemployment an urgent problem, while women's unemploymentcocooned within a narrative of staying at homeis almost a non-issue. Crunch Timereveals the minutiae of how gendered norms and behaviors are actively maintained by spouses at a time when they could be dismantled, and how gender is central to the ways couples react to and make sense of unemployment.Trade ReviewThis is a must read for students and scholars interested in the gendered negotiations and gendered patterns of work for pay and housework. The book is well researched and situated in the relevant literature, but it is also accessible and could be used in any undergraduate course on gender, work, and the family. . . . Essential. * CHOICE *“Crunch Time is a necessary addition to the sociological research on unemployment that has been surprisingly lacking in a gendered/work-family lens. . . . engagingly written and accessible to a wide audience.” * LSE Review of Books *"Rao joins the community of distinguished scholars who have carefully uncovered how economic pressures seep into family life, tracing the taken-for-granted cultural logics. . . people rely on to order their lives when confronting the challenge of economic instability.” * Contemporary Sociology *"Timely, important, and masterfully crafted." * American Journal of Sociology *"Rao persuasively shows how traditional gender norms shape the navigation of anxieties about social status, economic uncertainty, and job-searching demands. She further demonstrates how following these norms, in turn, advantages men's reemployment. The study offers crucial insights into the barriers to transforming gender relations while raising pressing questions about the prospects of gender egalitarian family life." * Gender & Society *“Crunch Time is an example of qualitative sociological analysis at its best: Rao carefully scrutinizes the taken-for-granted to precisely articulate the social processes that generate everyday inequalities. . . . This book is an important addition to the scholarship on work and employment, marriage and family, and gender that will undoubtedly frame our conversations as families navigate the current labor market precarity of the COVID-19 pandemic era.” * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: A Tale of Two Unemployments part i gender and space during unemployment 1. Men at Home 2. Idealizing the Home and Spurning the Workplace? part ii gendered time in job searching 3. Dinner Table Diaries 4. Can Women Be Ideal Job-Seekers? part iii gendered time in housework 5. Why Don’t Unemployed Men Do More Housework? 6. Why Do Unemployed Women Do Even More Housework? Conclusion: Unemployment and Inequality in an Age of Uncertainty Appendix A: Methodology Appendix B: Interview Guide for Unemployed Professionals and Spouses Notes References Index
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University of California Press Invisible Mothers
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews conducted throughout New York City, Black feminist criminologist Janet Garcia-Hallett shares the traditionally silenced voices of formerly incarcerated mothers of color and exposes the difficult realities they face when reentering the community and navigating motherhood. Patriarchy, misogyny, and systemic racism marginalize and criminalize these mothers, pushing them into the grasp of penal control and forcing them to live in a state of disempowerment and hypersurveillance after imprisonment. Armed with critical insight, Invisible Mothers demonstrates the paradox of visibility: social institutions treat mothers of color as invisible by restricting them from equal opportunities, and simultaneously as hypervisible by penalizing them for the ways they survive their marginalization. This thoughtful book reveals and contests their marginalization and highlights how mothers of color perform motherwork on their own terms.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to our knowledge about the lives of justice-involved African American, West Indian, and Latina mothers who are navigating the carceral state in the face of intersecting forms of oppression." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Motherwork: “It’s Always Been a Very Demanding Job” 2. Custody and Housing: “I Just Want My Baby Back” 3. Employment and Finances: “I Just Want to Be Able to Provide” 4. Life in Recovery: “There’s No Turning Back” Conclusion Appendix A: Research Design Appendix B: Summary of the Mothers Notes References Index
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University of California Press Invisible Mothers
Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews conducted throughout New York City, Black feminist criminologist Janet Garcia-Hallett shares the traditionally silenced voices of formerly incarcerated mothers of color and exposes the difficult realities they face when reentering the community and navigating motherhood. Patriarchy, misogyny, and systemic racism marginalize and criminalize these mothers, pushing them into the grasp of penal control and forcing them to live in a state of disempowerment and hypersurveillance after imprisonment. Armed with critical insight, Invisible Mothers demonstrates the paradox of visibility: social institutions treat mothers of color as invisible by restricting them from equal opportunities, and simultaneously as hypervisible by penalizing them for the ways they survive their marginalization. This thoughtful book reveals and contests their marginalization and highlights how mothers of color perform motherwork on their own terms.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to our knowledge about the lives of justice-involved African American, West Indian, and Latina mothers who are navigating the carceral state in the face of intersecting forms of oppression." * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Motherwork: “It’s Always Been a Very Demanding Job” 2. Custody and Housing: “I Just Want My Baby Back” 3. Employment and Finances: “I Just Want to Be Able to Provide” 4. Life in Recovery: “There’s No Turning Back” Conclusion Appendix A: Research Design Appendix B: Summary of the Mothers Notes References Index
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University of California Press Mothers and Divorce
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University of California Press Mothers and Divorce
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University of California Press In Too Deep Class and Mothering in a Flooded
Book SynopsisIn a small Texas neighborhood, an affluent group of mothers has been repeatedly rocked by catastrophic floodingthe 2015 Memorial Day flood, the 2016 Tax Day flood, and sixteen months later, Hurricane Harvey. Yet even after these disrupting events, almost all mothers in this neighborhood still believe there is only one place for them to live: Bayou Oaks. In Too Deep is a sociological exploration of what happens when climate change threatens the carefully curated family life of upper-middle-class mothers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-six Bayou Oaks mothers whose homes flooded during Hurricane Harvey, Rachel Kimbro reveals why these mothers continued to stay in a place that was becoming more and more unstable. Rather than retreating, the mothers dug in and sustained the community they have chosen and nurtured, trying to keep social, emotional, and economic instability at bay. In Too Deep provides a glimpse into how class and place intersect in an unstable physical environment and underlines the price families pay for securing their futures.Trade Review“In Too Deep should help shape how community leaders can help less well-off residents improve their reactions and response to disasters. Additionally, it shines a light on why people stay in places they know are disaster-prone, which can offer food for thought for community planning in the future.” * Space City Weather *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Choosing Bayou Oaks Are We in Pleasantville? 2. Storm Preparations I Had It All Planned Out before It Even Happened 3. During the Storm Get These Babies Out of the Water 4. Storm Recovery You Can Feel Sorry for Yourself When the Work’s Done 5. Family Impacts This Past Year Has Really Been So Wretched 6. To Stay or Go Does Anyone Think This Is Crazy? Conclusion Methodological Appendix Notes References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Marriage and Love in England 1300 1840 Modes of
Book SynopsisMarriage and Love in England: Modes of Reproduction 1300-1840 is a history of the intimate lives and aspirations of the English people from medieval to modern times. It is scholarly, provocative, and highly readable. Explores why people married, at what age, and with what expectations Examines the nature of courtship Compares different classes' attitudes toward love and marriages Traces the ways attitudes changed or remained the same over five hundred years Explores why and how the English experience was crucially different from that of other European countries
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Principles of Linguistic Change Volume II Social
Book Synopsis* written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.Trade Review"A fine piece of qualitative sociolinguistic work that crowds decades of research into the social motivation of phonetic variation and change in some American English dialects... It will also provide rich methodological guidance and material data for scholars interested in the social underpinnings of sound change." Multilingua "William Labov's work is the cornerstone of quantitative sociolinguistics, and his pre-eminence in the field is assured for now and for some time to come. He has taught a whole generation of scholars the skills of careful and accountable fieldwork and of analysing linguistic data collected in the field, and in this respect his work has been inspirational." Journal of Linguistics "It was the unanimous decision of the Committee to award this year's Leonard Bloomfield Book Award to Labov's book. The Committee feels this book is a landmark in the study of language change. It not only presents a coherent and compelling account of the internal mechanics of phonological change, but successfully integrates this account with theoretical advances in grammatical theory, sociolinguistics, and dialectology, as well as historical linguistics. Labov's scholarship in this work is unsurpassed and ranges from a proposed solution to the Neogrammarian controversy, to an account of the changing dialect situation in the United States, to proposals for applying the theory of lexical phonology to the explanation of a set of historical paradoxes, and to exploring the limits of functional explanation." LSA "This is a book that anyone interested in social factors in language change will want to read." Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development.Table of ContentsForeword. Notational Conventions. Part I: The Speech Community. 1. The Darwinian Paradox. The Social Effects of Language Change. The Parallels Between Biological and Linguistic Evolution. Earlier Proposals for the Causes of Sound Change. Differend Kinds of Sound Change. The Narrow Interface between Language and Society. The Social Location of the Innovators. Individual, Group, Community. 2. The Study of Linguistic Change and Variation in Philadelphia:. Sampling the Community. The City of Philadelphia. The Exploratory Phase. The Neighborhood Study. The Telephone Survey. 3. Stable Sociolinguistic Variables:. The Necessary Background for the Study of Change in Progress. Variables to be Examined in this Chapter. The Stability of the Stable Variables. The Sociolinguistic Sample of Philadelphia. Cross-tabulation of (dh), Class, and Style. Cross-tabulation by Age. Cross-tabulations by Age and Social Class. Second Regression Analysis. An Exploration of Social Class Indicators. Conclusion. 4. The Philadelphia Vowel System. The Philadelphia Dialect Area. A General Framework for the Description of the Philadelphia Vowel System. Earlier Records of the Philadelphia Vowel System. The Philadelphia Vowel System in the 1970's. Development of Sound Changes in Apparent Time. Part II: Social Class, Gender, Neighborhood, and Ethnicity. 5. Location of the Leaders in the Socioeconomic Hierarchy:. The Data Set. Accuracy and Sources of Error. First Regression: Age Correlations. First Tabulation of Social Class. Second Regression: Age and Social Class. Third Regression: Re-analyzing the Age Dimension. The Centralization of (ay) before Voiceless Consonants. The Telephone Survey. Components of the Socioeconomic Index. An Overview. Further Observations of Class Distributions. The Curvilinear Pattern and the Causes of Change. Are Sound Changes Part of an Adaptive Process?. 6. Subjective Dimensions of Change in Progress. Field Methods for the Study of Subjective Reactions to Language Change. The Philadelphia Self-Report Test. The Philadelphia Subjective Reaction Test. 7. Neighborhood and Ethnicity. The Relation of Local Differentiation to Linguistic Change. The Belfast Neighborhoods. The Relation of Neighborhood to Social Class in Philadelphia. Results of the Fourth Regression Analysis: Adding Neighborhoods. An Overview of Neighborhood Effects. Ethnicity. (r) in Philadelphia. Other Unexplained Adstratum Effects. Ethnic Effects on Philadelphia Vowel Change. The Role of the Neighborhood and Ethnicity in Linguistic Change. 8. The Gender Paradox:. Gender Differentiation of Stable Sociolinguistic Variables in Philadelphia. The General Linguistic Conformity of Women. Gender Differentiation of Changes from Below. 9. The Intersection of Gender, Age, and Social Class. The Case of (ay0). Developments of Time by Gender. A Gender-Asymmetrical Model of Linguistic Change. Nearly Completed and Middle-Range Changes in Philadelphia. The Punctuating Events. The Male-Dominated Variable: (ay0). Conclusion. Part III: The Leaders of Linguistic Change:. 10. Social Networks. The Sociolinguistic Use of Social Networks. Social Networks in Belfast. Social Networks in Philadelphia. The Two-Step Flow of Influence. A General View of Fashion and Fashion Leaders. Who Leads the Leaders?. 11. Resolving the Gender Paradox. The Conformity Paradox. The Strategy of this Chapter: Combining Stable Variables with Changes in Progress. Correlations between Stable Sociolinguistic Variables and Changes in Progress. The Relation of (dha) to Linguistic Changes for Women of Different Social Classes. Combined Male and Female Analysis. Incremental and Saccadic Leaders. 12. Portraits of the Leaders. Celeste S. Teresa M. The Corcorans. Rick Corcoran. Individuals as Regression Variables. The Leaders of Palatalization in Cairo Arabic. The Leaders of Linguistic Change. Part IV: Transmission, Incrementation, and Continuation. 13. Transmission. The Transmission Problem. The Transmission of Stable Sociolinguistic Variables. The Transmission of Change. Directional Language Change Among Philadelphia Children. Transmission Among Adolescents in Detroit. 14. Incrementation. Stabilization. A Model of Linear Sound Change. 15. Continuation:. Continued Change in the Philadelphia Dialect. The Incrementation of Sound Change in North America. 16. Conclusion:. The Linguistic Basis for Continuation. The Social Location of the Leaders of Change. Tramsmission and Incrementation. The Social Basis of Linguistic Change. Global Polarities of Socially Motivated Projection. Afterword. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The European Family
Book SynopsisThis is a concise, yet wide--ranging, history of the family in Europe from antiquity to the present day.Trade Review"Goody's writing is always focused, concise to the point of economy, and never driven by a particular ideology or by political correctness. This is a book that stimulates the reader to take a long view of the family and one that counsels wisely against making generalisations and jumping to simple conclusions about the past." The Times Higher Education Supplement "Jack Goody has a well-deserved reputation for pithy analysis and breathtaking international comparisons ... The book is filled with seasoned insights and shrewd observations." Population and Development Review "Highly recommended for those who seek a broad, if polemical, history of the family." CHOICETable of ContentsSeries Editors Preface. Preface. 1. The Beginnings. 2. The Heritage of Greece and Rome. 3. The Coming of Christianity. 4. The German Lands. 5. The European Patterns and Medieval Regimes. 6. Women, Children and Fathers in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. 7. Dowry and the Rights of Women. 8. The Differences. 9. Proto and Full Industrialization. 10. Modernization and the Family: The Theories. 11. The Contemporary Family in Practice. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Selected Reading. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Children in Changing Families Life After
Book SynopsisThis work focuses on children in families, and on what can be learnt from research examining their experiences. It documents demographic changes across several countries, and what research reveals about outcomes for children who experience parental separation and stepfamily formation.Trade ReviewChildren in Changing Families is a remarkable and much-needed book. Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers' international perspective is unparalleled, including a broad overview of demographic trends and comprehensive coverage of research on children in changing families from throughout the English-speaking world. This book is indispensable reading for academics, practitioners, and students from a variety of disciplines. Robert E. Emery, Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, University of Virginia Children in Changing Families: Life After Parental Separation is a remarkable achievement. Spanning studies conducted in the United States, England, Australia, and New Zealand, this book provides a comprehensive and integrated overview of research on parental divorce, parental remarriage, and children's lives. Because this book is both authoritative and clearly written, it will be valuable not only to family scholars, but also to students, counselors, educators, legal professionals, and policy makers. Although our understanding of these phenomena continues to grow, Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers have written the best book yet about the linkages between family structure, family process, and children's well-being. Paul Amato, Pennsylvania State University It has long been clear that parental divorce and other major family change upsets children, but the severity of such effects and the possibility of longer term consequences has been clouded by evidence that has often seemed contradictory and has been open to misinterpretation. At last we have a clear, authoritative, critical but even handed appraisal of the field. Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers' landmark account of the evidence will become the standard reference for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and, indeed, parents. Their book charts the impact of family change on the emotional, behavioural and educational development of children and young people against the relevant demographic and legal backgrounds. The authors draw on research from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and North America and bring it together in a remarkably comprehensive and readable account. Martin Richards, University of Cambridge "Pryor and Rodgers cover a broad overview of international demographic trends and a wide range of empirical research on the impact of changing family structures on children. Although not a "law book", it is very accessible; the empirical findings, where presented as tables, are clear and intelligible and where necessary are supported by explanatory text. They outline some of the major theoretical and conceptual frameworks currently used to discuss family change. These are applied later when the authors discuss the research evidence. In the final chapter the authors draw their conclusions for both policy and practice, highlighting where, in their opinion, further research is needed. The book keeps its well-organised structure of nine broadly headed chapters, each of which is further subdivided by clear subheadings. Family lawyers eaxmining law in context, rather than in a social vacuum, should find this book thought-provoking. Perhaps a dissemination of such information between different professionals will even help to develop a better approach to dealing with children in changing families." Joanne Beswick, Research Associate, Staffordshire University. Family Law, December 2001, Vol. 31 "This major contribution to the literature on the impact of separation and divorce on children is highly recommended". D.A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, April 2002 "The book is an essential text for all professionals whose work brings them into contact with families where parents are anticipating, going through or managing the consequences of separation and divorce. Building on their 1998 review of UK research, Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers bring together additional research from North America, Australia and New Zealand to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of research findings that account for why some children survive family reconstitution and breakdown better than others." Christopher Vincent, Tavistock Marital Studies Institute (London), Child & Adolescent Mental Health, November 2002 "I see this volume as making a sound contribution to the current literature on children and divorce. In fact, it would be good required reading in a graduate course on changing families or family diversity, in part because of its inclusiveness in topics covered, and especially because of the strong emphasis on studies beyond the U.S. borders." Kay Pasley, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Journal of Marriage and Family, February 2003Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgments. Glossary of Studies Frequently Referred to in the Book. Introduction. 1. The Context of Family Transitions. 2. Frameworks for Understanding Family Transitions. 3. Family Transitions and Outcomes for Children. 4. Children's Perceptions of Families and Family Change. 5. Families that Separate. 6. Stepfamilies and Multiple Transitions. 7. Fathers in Families. 8. Explaining Outcomes for Children and Young People. 9. Overview and Future Direction. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theorizing Diaspora
Book SynopsisThis text is a collection of the critical debates in diaspora studies that offers readers an amalgamation of disparate and challenging ideas. These critical essays have shaped the trajectory and scope of diaspora studies.Trade Review"Diaspora is one of the most critically debated terms in contemporary discussions of migration and identity. Bringing together key essays in the field, this superb collection offers us a comprehensive overview of diaspora's past politics and potential futures. Above all, it reminds us that diaspora is a distinctly human phenomenon, involving the displacement, movement, and separation of peoples." David L. Eng, Columbia University "Theorizing Diaspora speaks not only to those previously colonized and oppressed Others who have relocated from There to Here, but discusses why deracination is a process that affects all constituencies: those in the newly inhabited metropolis as well as those who remain behind." Grant Farred, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Nation, Migration, Globalization: Points Of Contention In Diaspora Studies. (Jana Evans Braziel And Anita Mannur). Part I: Modernity, Globalism, And Diaspora. 1. Disjuncture And Difference In The Global Cultural Economy. (Arjun Appadurai). 2. The Black Atlantic As A Counterculture Of Modernity. (Paul Gilroy). Additional Readings On Modernity, Globalism, And Diaspora. Part II: Ethnicity, Identity, And Diaspora. 3. Diaspora: Generational Ground Of Jewish Diaspora. (Daniel Boyarin And Jonathan Boyarin). 4. Ethnicity In An Age Of Diaspora. (R. Radhakrishnan). 5. Heterogeneity, Hybridity, Multiplicity: Making Asian American Differences. (Lisa Lowe). Additional Readings On Ethnicity, Identity, And Diaspora. Part III: Sexuality, Gender, And Diaspora. 6. Against The Lures Of Diaspora: Minority Discourse, Chinese Women And Intellectual Hegemony. (Rey Chow). 7. Returning(S): Relocating The Critical Feminist Auto-Ethnographer. (Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe). 8. In The Shadows Of Stonewall: Examining Gay Transnational Politics And The Diasporic Dilemma. (Martin F. Manalansan IV). Additional Readings In Sexuality, Gender, And Diaspora. Part IV: Cultural Production And Diaspora. 9. Cultural Identity And Diaspora Stuart Hall. 10. Diaspora Culture And The Dialogic Imagination. (Kobena Mercer). 11. Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: South Asian Sexualities In Motion. (Gayatri Gopinath). Additional Readings On Cultural Production And Diaspora. Post-Script: Cyber-Scapes And The Interfacing Of Diaspora. (Anita Mannur). Additional Readings On Diaspora And Cyberelectronics. Selected Bibliography of Works on Diaspora (Anita Mannur). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Family Group Conferences in Child Welfare
Book Synopsisaeo promotes importance of involving family members in planning better care for children aeo based on both research and practical experience aeo supported by international studies aeo authors are widely acclaimed for their work with Family Group Conferences.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Care Services and Families:; Families, services and child welfare problems; Deciding seriousness; Engaging in the debate; Gaining agreement; Developing services; The Family Gorup Conference programme; Conclusions; 2 Families and Child Welfare:; Families in the UK; Help and the family; The meaning of family; Conclusions; 3 Family Group Conferences: Policy and Practice:; The background of Family Group Conferences; Key dimensions of a Family Group Conference; The process of Family Group Conferencs; A rough guide to co-ordinating Family Group Conferences; Conclusions; 4 Establishing Family Group Conferences:; Implementation in child welfare; Training; A rough guide to training for family group conferences; The projects in action; Conclusions; 5 International Developments and Research:; The international dimension; The research data; International research: key themes; Conclusions; 6 The Process: Family Group Conferences in Action:; The conference members; The process; Participants' view of the model; Conclusions; 7 Co-ordinators' Work:; Experiences of the "rough guide" traveller; Thinking of the conference as a special, theatrical event; The co-ordinator's conclusions; 8 Outcomes:;The plans; Implementation; Outcomes; Comparing outcomes; Unplanned outcomes; Conclusions; 9 The Next Stages: Child welfare, partnership and Family Group Conferences; Costs and benefits; Implementation; The way forward;; References; Index.
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Harvard University Press Adultery and Divorce in Calvins Geneva
Book SynopsisIn Calvin's Geneva, the changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching, in large part owing to John Calvin himself. This book makes two major contributions to our understanding of this time: the first is to the history of divorce itself; the second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory of Geneva.Trade ReviewA resounding success in terms of both social and institutional history… Kingdon’s analysis of the social and political context of divorce, the role of servants, etc. is compelling and provides an important window into Calvin’s Geneva… [This is] a fascinating picture not only of divorce in Geneva, but also of the nuts and bolts operation of the city’s church and government. The depth and breadth of knowledge of the Genevan archives and the careful, precise use Kingdon makes of them is nothing less than we would expect from a scholar of Kingdon’s stature. But what makes this book truly remarkable is the combination of impeccable scholarship with a clear, almost conversational style that works with the intrinsic interest of the material to make this book a genuine pleasure to read… This is an extraordinary book, scholarly, elegant, and humane, that can be read with profit and enjoyed by scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and the general public alike. -- Glenn S. Sunshine * Sixteenth Century Journal *This is the first book published using the recently transcribed minutes of the Consistory, a body that oversaw the morals and marital issues in Geneva. It is written by the most eminent scholar on Genevan history in the United States, who inspired the transcription and publication of the Consistory minutes. Here he uses them in conjunction with city council minutes and court proceedings. The book is a sterling example of how useful this precious source is… [T]he book is excellent, clear, compact, and suitable for both scholars and classroom use. -- Jeannine E. Olson * American Historical Review *Robert Kingdon’s latest work, the result of years of work transcribing the Consistory records during Calvin’s records in Geneva, provides unique insights into the life of the Genevan people. The issues of adultery, divorce, and remarriage go the heart of Calvin’s attempt to reform not only the theology of Geneva but also its morality. The author masterfully tells the stories of various families dealing with such moral issues and how the Consistory attempted to resolve such conflicts… This book brilliantly combines political, social, and religious history, as the author weaves together a fascinating narrative, detailing the interrelationships between the leading pastors, council members, and the populace of Geneva… [He] writes in a remarkably clear and readable style that makes this volume attractive for specialists as well as for undergraduates. -- Martin I. Klauber * Calvin Theological Journal *This volume presents a fascinating series of case studies on Calvinistic Geneva’s attitudes toward marital disorder drawn from one of the most important and (hitherto) neglected sources on Early Modern social control—Geneva’s Consistorial minutes. The book is an indispensable entry into these records…[which] are of obvious interest to students of Genevan, Calvinist, and Reformation history. However, there is also much here to interest students of gender issues, social control, and urban history. -- William G. Naphy * Catholic Historical Review *This book by the American expert on Calvin’s Geneva, Robert Kingdon, adds still another useful study to his manifold publications, as he successfully fulfills two purposes: preventing case studies of the history of divorce, and illustrating the work of Geneva’s Consistory. * Church History *[T]he author has made a significant contribution toward the reader’s understanding of the workings of the Consistory and the dynamics of life in Geneva during Calvin’s ministry. -- Francesco C. Cesareo * The Historian *Robert Kingdon’s objectives in this study are to make a contribution to the history of divorce and to illustrate the operations in John Calvin’s Geneva… Kingdon accomplishes his goal admirably. His description of the workings of the Consistory and its relation to the governing structures of Geneva illuminates the character of the Reformed brand of Protestantism that expects the state to support the church in regulating both faith and practice. -- Stephen B. Boyd * Journal of the History of Sexuality *[Kingdon’s] purpose [in this book] is twofold: ‘One is to make a contribution to the history of divorce. The other is to illuminate the operations of the Consistory.’ He succeeds admirably at both… What makes [the sample narratives here] so engaging and, ultimately, convincing, is Kingdon’s knowledge of the city, its institutions, and its leader… This book may serve a third purpose beyond a psychohistory of divorce or an institutional history of the Consistory. It is a history of Puritanism as a lived experience. -- Thomas Max Safley * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *This intriguing study by the leading American expert on Calvin’s Geneva makes two outstanding contributions. First, it enhances our knowledge of the history of divorce… Second, it gives us an ultimate look at the workings of the Consistory of Geneva, an institution initiated by Calvin which sought in a variety of ways to regulate human behavior. Kingdon’s work on the archival materials of 1542–1564 is the foundation for this book… A fascinating study for scholars across a variety of disciplines. -- Donald K. McKim * Religious Studies Review *Robert Kingdon is the American expert on Calvin’s Geneva. Here, he lucidly explains the structure of Genevan government, the interaction of secular and religious authority, and the development of the legal process from first inquiry to end-game torture, while also keeping the human story alive. -- Steven Ozment, Harvard UniversityKingdon’s unparalleled feel for the specific context of the early Genevan Consistory balances his mastery of the theological and social contexts of divorce in Reformation Europe. He admirably portrays the formative phase of a sixteenth-century coeducational blood sport, confined to the propertied classes and arbitrated with increasing precision by Europe’s leading Reformed theologians. -- William Monter, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Institutional Matrix 2. The Pierre Ameaux Case: Divorce for Adultery and Blasphemy 3. The Antoine Calvin Case: Divorce for Adultery 4. The Jean Bietrix Case: Forced Reconciliation 5. Death for Adultery 6. The Galeazzo Caracciolo Case: Divorce for Religious Desertion 7. The Rationale for Divorce: Theodore Beza's Treatise Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press The Darkest Days of My Life
Book SynopsisHaving a baby is surely one of the pinnacle events of a woman's life. The resulting depression - how it is experienced, and how it might be relieved - is the subject of this volume, which recounts the stories of new mothers caught between a cultural ideal and a far more complex reality.Trade ReviewMauthner...has collected stories of postpartum women's experiences over the last ten years. She includes interviews of women from the US and England, giving a more global perspective...Certainly it is timely...Mauthner does offer some advice for women experiencing postpartum depression. This advice includes the most frequent theme of the book: to realize the significance of interaction among postpartum women. The majority of all new mothers considered this the most important support they received as they experienced depression. -- S. C. Grossman * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction
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Harvard University Press Public Vows
Book SynopsisWe commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering history, Nancy F. Cott demonstrates that marriage is and always has been a public institution.Trade ReviewIn showing how marriage has always been regulated and shaped by the state, Nancy Cott not only recasts our understanding of this most intimate of relationships but enables us to think in new ways about concepts of privacy, public power, and, ultimately, liberty itself in American history. -- Eric Foner, author of The Story of American FreedomWith Public Vows, Nancy Cott provides the most powerful and thorough account of the evolution of marriage as a legal and social practice in this country, and as a consistent focus of public regulation and political concern. This engaging and lucid book should be on the required reading list of every serious observer of American politics as well as students of social history, marriage, and the family. Cott offers a lens onto racial, religious, and ethnic conflicts, along with a compelling argument that the public uses of marriage can include preservation of a sacred space for private meanings. -- Martha Minow, Harvard Law SchoolPublic Vows is an extraordinary accomplishment. Nancy Cott definitively establishes the public character of the 'private' institution of marriage in American history. More, she reveals how the American image of monogamy has been infused into laws, social issues and political debates in ways and to an extent one never would have imagined. The book is insightful, imaginatively and thoroughly researched, and convincing. Reading it compelled me to expand and improve my understandings of the institution of marriage. -- Neil J. Smelser, Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral SciencesPublic Vows is a tour de force, a wide-ranging history of marriage from the era of the American Revolution to the era of President Clinton's impeachment and the 'Defense of Marriage Act.' Thanks to this book, people who are unmarried, married or divorced, gays and lesbians, political activists and scholars, all will better understand the weight of history in shaping marriage American style. -- Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of CitizenshipA gracefully written, deeply researched, and wide-ranging survey of the roles marriage has played in American public discourse, a survey that challenges how political history has been written and that will become the essential starting point for anyone interested in the history of marriage in the United States. -- Hendrik Hartog, author of Man and Wife in America: A HistoryOne of our most notable American historians offers in lively readable prose the story of marriage laws in the U.S. from earliest times to the present. Have the rules governing marriage changed in our own times? Good question: read on! -- Carolyn G. Heilbrun, author of Writing a Woman's LifeIn this exhaustively researched study...[Cott] posits a monolithic Christian monogamous marriage, formed by the mutual consent of a man and a woman, as American colonists' model. This model, she argues, was congruent with the political ideal of representative government: the Constitution's 'more perfect union' was likened to the domestic ideal of marital union. Entry to marriage, Cott observes, has been regulated by the states, which have also used their power to limit this civil right. * Publishers Weekly *In this fascinating study, Cott examines the evolution and impact of marriage law on the American social structure...Presented in a clear, chronological fashion, this work provides a wealth of thought-provoking information. Highly recommended. -- Rose Cichy * Library Journal *Christian monogamy and property rights have been crucial to state and federal policies on marriage ever since the American republic was born, and how Americans have felt about marriage has affected much larger developments than the joining of one man and one woman in matrimony...[According to Public Vows,] marriage is now much less a matter of public policy--an institution--than one of private accommodation--a contract. Cott's cool, intelligent overview is sometimes demanding but always absorbing. -- Ray Olson * Booklist *As a historian, Nancy Cott is not obligated to look into the future. But her incisive illumination and readable analysis of the weight of history will help both scholars and activists who wish to understand and help shape the future of marriage and family life. -- E. Kay Trimberger * Women's Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. An Archaeology of American Monogamy 2. Perfecting Community Rules with State Laws 3. Domestic Relations on the National Agenda 4. Toward a Single Standard 5. Monogamy as the Law of Social Life 6. Consent, the American Way 7. The Modern Architecture of Marriage 8. Public Sanctity for a Private Realm 9. Marriage Revised and Revived Notes Acknowledgments Index
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Harvard University Press Appropriately Subversive Modern Mothers in
Book SynopsisHow do mothers reconcile conflicting loyaltiesto their religious traditions, and to the daughters whose freedoms are also constrained by those traditions? Searching for answers, Halbertal interviewed mothers of teenage daughters in religious communities: Catholics in the United States and Orthodox Jews in Israel.Trade ReviewThe devout women in Tova Hartman Halbertal’s new book are all insiders. Unhappy insiders sometimes, uncomfortable insiders often, but inside to stay. The author understands… Those [Halbertal] interviews wrestle to change their religious cultures even as they stand grounded in faith… All are mothers of adolescent daughters and all are teachers, usually in the religious schools of their communities. They know, writes [Dr.] Hartman Halbertal, both the price of choosing not to socialize their daughters in their traditions and the cost of passing on the culture without reflection… For mothers challenging the status quo, raising ‘good girls,’ can be both a way of protecting daughters and an insurance policy, she argues. ‘Good daughters certify good mothers,’ allowing the latter further risk-taking. -- Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *This small gem of a book opens a new conversation about mothers. Illuminating the inner voices of women raising daughters in the orthodoxies of Judaism and Catholicism, it reminds us that all mothers mother in orthodoxy. Rarely have I seen the intelligence of mothers so respected or their conflicts portrayed with such eye-opening honesty. Appropriately Subversive is bold and innovative research. Tova Hartman Halbertal has placed her study at a critical intersection of traditional religions and modern feminism. Honoring the claims of both, she invites us into the dilemmas of mothering in culture. Hers is the voice of a brilliant new scholar. -- Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development and The Birth of PleasureAppropriately Subversive offers wonderful insights from the stories of mothers who live within and value traditional religious beliefs, yet question the price of conformity, exploring how the tension between ‘the committed self’ and ‘the resisting self’ affects their choices in raising their daughters. In Hartman Halbertal’s interviews with orthodox Jewish and Catholic women, we see vastly different religious practices, but remarkably similar psychic dramas. Her research helps us to understand the insidious effect of authoritarian structures that short-circuit the free exchange of ideas and prevent daughters and mothers from really knowing one another. -- Mary Scanlon Calcaterra, Founding Vice President, Voice of the FaithfulThis is a study of women on the boundaries between ambiguity and conviction; tradition and change; law and life; self-expression and silence. But it is more. By crossing boundaries herself between dispassionate scholarship and compassion; Jews and Catholics; mothers and daughters—Tova Hartman Halbertal creates an opening into hope, the true holy place. -- James Carroll, author of Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews—A HistoryTable of Contents1. "I Think I'm of Two Minds" 2. Ritual Observance and Religious Learning 3. Abdications and Coalitions 4. Teaching 5. The Conflict of Dgmas 6. "No Perfect Places" Notes Refrences Index
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Harvard University Press The Place of Families Fostering Capacity Equality
Book SynopsisArguing that family life helps create the virtues and character required for citizenship, McClain shows that the connection between family self-government and democratic self-government does not require the deep-laid gender inequality that has historically accompanied it.Trade ReviewIn this elegant and tightly reasoned book, Linda McClain argues that the family--though not necessarily traditional marriage--is central to the 'formative project' of fostering key civic virtues: capacity, equality, and responsibility. In a series of different situations she considers what might be an optimal balance among governmental, social, and family responsibilities for shaping good citizens. The Place of Families is sure to influence many heated debates, in courts and legislatures as well as journals, about the complex relationships between families and public life. -- Martha Fineman, author of The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of DependencyThe Place of Families is the most careful and comprehensive defense to date of the progressive liberal feminist position on the civic role of families. Those who agree with the thesis of this book will find powerful evidence for their case, and those who disagree will have to come to grips with it. -- William A. Galston, Saul Stern Professor, School of Public Policy, University of MarylandLinda McClain has written an immensely valuable book that combines philosophical depth with up-to-the-moment policy analysis. Taking on many of the most difficult and contentious issues in family law and public policy today, including same-sex marriage, welfare reform, abortion, and sex education, McClain grounds her discussions in a commitment to both liberalism's respect for individual liberty and feminism's insistence on gender equality. Her meticulous scholarship, even-handed consideration of opposing viewpoints, and clear and accessible writing make The Place of Families a "must read" for anyone interested in the future of American families and family law. -- Molly Shanley, Professor of Political Science, Vassar CollegeA most compelling and novel study of the rights and responsibilities of the family, the community of which it is a constitutive part, and the government. A joy for legal scholars and social scientists and many others. -- Amitai Etzioni, author of The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic SocietyFor those who were wondering, liberal feminism is alive and well in the adept hands of legal and political theorist, Linda McClain. In this nuanced, persuasively argued, and utterly relevant work, McClain takes up where earlier liberal feminists such as Susan Moller Okin left off by addressing head-on the question of how, in a diverse, liberal polity the state should be involved in securing equality without curtailing individual freedom. In this, she is engaged in no less of a project than constructing the future of liberalism. In this, both the virtues and the potential vices of this future are evident...McClain crafts a liberal feminist framework that goes a long way in balancing these commitments. The power of her framework is evident as she considers an array of some of the most contentious issues in American politics today...The Place of Families is an impressive exercise in political philosophy, legal theory, and present-day politics. In it, McClain moves liberalism forward through critical engagement with the questions and concerns of feminism. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theory and practices of families and politics in contemporary liberal democracies. -- Tamara Metz * Politics and Ethics Review *McClain’s argument is a powerful one. Building on Susan Moller Okin’s pathbreaking (1989) insights on gender, justice, and the family, she argues that the good society, if it is to remain liberal, must promote gender equality within families and equality among children irrespective of the family form that brought them into existence...[McClain] seeks to enrich the liberal account by adding a feminist sensibility at a time when conservatives identify feminism at the root of what they see as family decline. She admirably makes the case that the idea of feminist family values need not be either radical or an oxymoron. Instead, she argues that liberal democracies necessarily depend on fostering individual capacity, securing equality, and promoting the circumstances that make acceptance of individual responsibility possible. -- June Carbone * Law & Social Inquiry *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Fostering Capacity 1. The Place of Families and Government in a Formative Project 2. Families as "Seedbeds of Civic Virtue"? 3. Care, Families, and Self-Government II. Fostering Equality 4. Marriage Promotion, Marriage (E)quality, and Welfare Reform 5. Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage 6. Beyond Marriage? III. Fostering Responsibility 7. Rights, (Ir)responsibility, and Reproduction 8. Teaching Sexual and Reproductive Responsibility Epilogue Notes Index
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Harvard University Press More Perfect Unions The American Search for
Book SynopsisThe American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach.Trade ReviewIn this original and beautifully- written history of marriage counseling, Rebecca Davis demonstrates that the American obsession with marriage says as much about the quest for the perfect nation as it does about the desire for marital bliss. More Perfect Unions is essential reading for anyone interested in changing ideas of marriage, intimacy, gender, race, sexuality, and American identity itself. -- Elaine Tyler May, author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War EraMarital conflict is centuries old, but as Davis shows in this eye-opening history, marriage counseling is a twentieth-century innovation. Her deft and lively analysis explains how an ideal of marital perfection has made Americans the most marrying kind in the Western world today. -- Nancy F. Cott, Harvard UniversityJudicious, deeply researched, and rich with insight and fascinating detail, this book describes the debates surrounding marriage since the 1920s: the impact of divorce on children, the relationship between single parenthood and poverty, gender inequities in spousal roles, and the still unresolved tension between marriage and personal fulfillment. -- Steven Mintz, author of Huck's Raft: A History of American ChildhoodDavis details the convoluted origins, contradictory beliefs, and unanticipated consequences of America's marriage counseling and marriage promotion movements, both secular and religious, over the past 100 years. This excellent resource deals sensitively with the gender, racial, and sexual biases of its sources. -- Stephanie Coontz, author, Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered MarriageThis fluent study traces Americans' changing attitudes towards marriage throughout the 20th century, with a particular emphasis on the period between the initial rise of marriage counseling in the 1930s and the emergence of the second wave of feminism in the 1960s and '70s. Davis considers myriad issues and influences, including shifting approaches to homosexuality, the role played by different religious institutions, and the impact of race on the public discourse on marriage. Davis illustrates her dense social history with illuminating case studies of such pivotal figures as the eugenicist Paul Popenoe, a pioneer in the field of marriage counseling, and Florence Hollis, a lesbian teacher and researcher who applied psychoanalytic theory to marriage counseling. These fascinating examples reveal the competing intellectual and social forces that had a stake in defining and influencing American marriage. The author balances this nuanced and admirably thorough history with unwavering emphasis on the impact of evolving gender roles on the institution. * Publishers Weekly *An interesting social history. -- Laura Vanderkam * Wall Street Journal *An astute, engaging, and disturbing history. -- Jill Lepore * New Yorker *More Perfect Unions is...a useful, and usefully provocative, book. It should find a durable life in the discourse of marriage and gender studies. -- Jim Cullen * History News Network *Davis presents marriage counseling as an institution with larger aims than connubial bliss, but also as a tool of the state, clergy and social scientists to help strengthen families, communities and economies. -- Lisa Bonos * Washington Post *How we acquired our exuberant faith in premarital counseling, as well as our conviction that marriage is an intrinsic part of American civic and religious life, is the story that is told in this fascinating book by cultural historian Rebecca Davis...As Davis shows, a movement that set out to repair marriage ended up transforming it. -- William H. Willimon * Christian Century *Sociologists can learn from this history. Marriage as an institution, including the sexism, heterosexism, and racism embedded in marital practices, is hard and slow to change. And much of what we consider to be new changes in marriage today, including government-backed marriage promotion and online matchmaking tests, actually have a long history in America. More Perfect Unions is a blissful read, of an at times frustrating but enlightening story. -- Carrie Yodanis * Contemporary Sociology *Compelling...Davis' attention to the marriage counseling work of American religious leaders is one of the most significant contributions of her work...More Perfect Unions clearly documents how the rise and development of marriage counseling decisively contributed to important changes in the American marital landscape. It offers the most comprehensive treatment of the profession to date and will serve as a necessary reference for all future considerations of the field and for larger discussions of therapeutic culture in the United States. -- Kristin Celello * Reviews in American History *What can we learn from a narrowly focused account of the history of marriage counseling? In the hands of a perceptive scholar such as Rebecca L. Davis, a great deal. More Perfect Unions traces the twisting contours of the American quest for marital perfection through the theories and practices of marriage counselors, clergy, social scientists, and psychotherapists--all of whom were devoted to a marriage-saving ethos...The most significant contribution Davis makes in this meticulously researched study, however, is the nuanced picture she gives us of ever-shifting gender roles. Marriage saving, after all, involved determining what one should be as a wife and what one should be as a husband, and those roles in turn defined what one should be as a woman and what one should be as man. For this reason, among others, this book is a must-read for scholars in women's history and gender studies. -- Norma Basch * Journal of American History *[Davis] sheds considerable light on the evolution of marriage counseling from an unregulated enterprise to a bonafide profession which at the turn of the present century possessed its own clinics, training programs, licensing standards, and bodies of expert knowledge...Among the many strengths of Davis's book is her coverage of the churches' involvement in marriage counseling...[A] ground-breaking book. -- Ian Dowbiggin * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *
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Harvard University Press Fatherhood
Book SynopsisLooking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males, this book presents a picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time.Trade ReviewThis is a remarkable book, both for its clarity and for its depth of research and detail. What makes it unique is the authors' multicultural and evolutionary approach to the issue of fatherhood. Among the elite group of scholars who study evolutionary anthropology, I can't think of a pair more qualified to write this book than Gray and Anderson. -- Richard Bribiescas, Yale UniversityThis book should be required reading for all fathers and potential fathers. Whether a man is contemplating starting a family down the road as a biological father or buying one ready-made off the shelf as a stepfather, this is the indispensable guidebook for trying to be good at fatherhood. Similarly, for social and behavioral scientists interested in families and parenting from a cross-cultural perspective, this will become the standard reference for years to come. No matter what perspective one brings to the table--this reviewer's happens to be evolutionary--there is plenty here to make one think. It is almost scary how much information Gray and Anderson pack in this book, let alone how easy it is to read. -- M. J. O'Brien * Choice *Gray and Anderson's Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior, provides a much needed perspective on men's parenting in general, as well as nuanced discussion of how this parenting varies across cultures, historical periods within cultures, and across individual men. The evolutionary perspective is critical, but equally important is the focus on fatherhood, as books and articles on fatherhood are dwarfed by a large and growing body of research on motherhood and alloparenting. In redressing this balance, Gray and Anderson do for fatherhood what [Sarah] Hrdy has done for motherhood...Essential reading for anyone interested in fatherhood and...an excellent starting point for researchers who want to pursue evolutionarily informed studies of fatherhood. Perhaps the most important quality of this work is that it should spark the interest of young evolutionary minded scholars, such that in coming decades fatherhood will be studied with the same care and depth that motherhood has been. -- Drew H. Bailey, Benjamin Winegard, and David C. Geary * Evolutionary Psychology *Gray, and Anderson's Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior is a timely publication that brings together a wide range of research on fathers, the expression of paternal care, and the impacts of paternal involvement. Indeed, for scholars interested in male reproductive ecology or parental investment, among other anthropological topics, Fatherhood would stand on the merits of its review of the existing scholarship on fatherhood. More notably, however, using an erudite, yet, conversational style, Gray and Anderson apply principles of evolutionary theory to this body of literature in a heretofore-missing compilation...Altogether Gray and Anderson present a host of interesting studies that illustrate the unique ways in which humans and other species experience fatherhood under the skin and, even so, elucidate the extent to which researchers have only scratched the surface in these exciting new domains. In total, Gray and Anderson's Fatherhood adds richly to the ways we think about infant care and human cooperation as being foremost to understanding aspects of human evolution...Gray and Anderson have made a significant contribution to the field of biological anthropology. Appealing to both scholars and nonscholars alike, this text represents a new "go-to" source for those wishing to learn about evolutionary, anthropological approaches to human and hominin fatherhood. For those of us who seek to teach the value of a truly integrative approach to these subjects, this book will undoubtedly prove to be a highly valuable commodity at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. -- Lee T. Gettler * American Journal of Human Biology *[Fatherhood] is helping fill the research gap about fathers. It describes, based on masses of scientific evidence, the so-called "Dad Effect." Or, how fatherhood changes men. -- Douglas Todd * Vancouver Sun *Table of Contents* Preface * Introduction * Our Founding Fathers * A World of Diversity: Cross-Cultural Variation in Paternal Care * Men and Marriage * Fathers and Fertility * Who's the Dad? * Father Involvement, Father Absence, and Children's Outcomes * The Makings of a Stepfather * Having It All? Fatherhood, Male Social Relationships, and Work * The Descent of Dad's Sexuality * Babies on His Brain * Health and the Human Father * Rewriting the Manual * Appendix * References * Acknowledgments * Index
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Harvard University Press Disembodying Women
Book SynopsisIn Disembodying Women, Barbara Duden takes a closer look at this contemporary transformation of women's experience of pregnancy. She suggests that advances in technology and parallel changes in public discourse have refrained pregnancy as a managed process, the mother as an ecosystem, and the fetus as an endangered species.Trade ReviewIn a world of victim profiles, suspect typologies, life cycle projections, reasonable men, and talking fetuses, Barbara Duden puts the living body back into its skin, rescuing our humanity from the fragmenting tyranny of the actuarial self. -- Patricia Williams, School of Law, Columbia University
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Harvard University Press Dubious Conceptions
Book SynopsisThis powerful book takes us behind the stereotypes, the inflamed rhetoric, and the flip media sound bites to show us the complex reality and troubling truths of teenage mothers in America today.Trade ReviewA very important work...Luker makes a compelling case that the familiar portrait [of teen-age mothers] we have been shown so often is the reflection of a public mood rather than a demographic reality...It has always been the case that our national problem is not teen-age childbirth or single-parent families but poverty itself...To continue to insist otherwise after publication of this wise, thoughtful book is to be either obdurately ill informed or ruthlessly ideological in the face of compelling evidence to the contrary. -- Kai Erikson * New York Times Book Review *This is a book of immense scholarship which is also a compelling and accessible read. Luker examines the current social policy obsession with the "problem" of teenage pregnancy within the U.S....Introducing the stories of many young women who have been...demonized, Luker sensitively and sympathetically explores the realities of their lives. She shows that welfare reform and family policy should take account of the realities of life for women on the margins, and not seek to blame and punish them for society's ills. * Race Relations Abstracts *[An] insightful, scholarly, and wonderfully readable analysis of Americans' misconceptions about teenage pregnancy and the impact of these beliefs on public policy...[Luker's] fresh perspective on the issue of teenage pregnancy is an important contribution to the current debate over welfare reform. Commonsensical, timely, and very persuasive. * Kirkus Reviews *Dubious Conceptions is an extremely readable, interesting treatise on the history of adolescent sexuality in the United States and the genesis of the politicization of teenage pregnancy. -- Elizabeth M. Alderman, M.D. * Journal of the American Medical Association *[A] provocative critique of public thinking on early pregnancy and childbearing...Drawing on historical and social scientific evidence, [Luker] shows how both economic and cultural forces have contributed to the problems associated with early childbearing. -- Barbara Dafoe Whitehead * Commonweal *In the country I'd like to live in, the publication of Dubious Conceptions would be a transformative event. The book would dissolve prejudices and stimulate informed, positive public policies improving the lives--and lowering the birth rates--of thousands of poor, young, unmarried girls and women. In Dubious Conceptions, Kristin Luker's treatment of the subject of youthful single pregnancy is lucid, orderly, and heartfelt...[It] makes a strong presentation for several reasons, including, first of all, that it addresses and thoroughly undermines the most popular, seductive, and intractable myths associated with teen pregnancy: that "teen mothers" and "welfare mothers" are congruent categories, and that teenage pregnancy causes and perpetuates poverty in the United States. -- Rickie Solinger * Contemporary Sociology *Kristin Luker's new book offers a clearly written, much-needed survey of the recent academic literature on teenage motherhood, as well as an insightful overview of historical attitudes toward early childbearing and single mothers. -- Kim Phillips * In These Times *This thoughtful and well-written book reveals more clearly than any previous publication the extent of our misunderstanding of the problem of teen pregnancy. Dubious Conceptions provides the basis for a new and constructive national dialogue on the subject. It is by far the best social-policy book ever written on teenage childbearing in the United States. -- William Julius Wilson, Harvard University[A] stunning new account of how both liberals and conservatives "constructed" an epidemic of teenage pregnancy. Luker's meticulous research challenges the myth of an epidemic and concludes that it is poverty that causes teenage pregnancy and not the reverse. -- Ruth Rosen * Los Angeles Times *Table of Contents1. The Problem and Its Human Face 2. Bastardy, Fitness, and the Invention of Adolescence 3. Poverty, Fertility, and the State 4. Constructing an Epidemic 5. Choice and Consequence 6. Why Do They Do It? 7. Teenage Parents and the Future Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press The Origins of You
Book SynopsisDoes temperament in childhood shape adult personality? Four psychologists followed thousands of people as they grew up, observing how genes, parenting, and other aspects of young people’s experience influence development. This holistic approach offers unprecedented insight into what makes us the adults we become.Trade ReviewThis book’s authors, having plumbed their data in depth, deliver a flood of insights around the book’s central question: To what degree do our childhood personalities and behaviors predict our adult selves? -- John Donvan * Wall Street Journal *Will prove one of the best and most important works of the last few years…Fascinating. -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *The Origins of You brings the groundbreaking research of the top developmental psychologists of the past quarter-century to a wider audience. The book captures the genius and visionary stature of its authors and illustrates their profound influence on the current and future thinking of the field. A masterpiece! -- Dante Cicchetti, Institute for Child Development at the University of MinnesotaIt’s hard to imagine a better introduction to the way that contemporary developmental scientists think than The Origins of You, and it is hard to think of a more qualified group of writers, themselves among the most important, creative, and accomplished scholars in the field, to serve as guides. In much the same way that Bronfenbrenner’s The Ecology of Human Development forever changed the way we think about the environment, this book will change the way we think about the process of development itself. The Origins of You is destined to become a classic. -- Laurence Steinberg, author of Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of AdolescenceThe Origins of You poses a question that is both timely and timeless: how does each of us become the unique person we are? Drawing upon the most authoritative psychological studies ever conducted on the topic, the authors offer a treasure trove of remarkable insights that both underscore the complexity of human development and affirm the power of human resilience. -- Dan P. McAdams, author of The Art and Science of Personality DevelopmentFor those new to cohort literature, The Origins of You is an engaging introduction. For those familiar with this work, it is a chance to hear the authors thinking aloud, debating the best approaches and pondering what to study next. We can be certain that those conversations will now include how best to use these rich longitudinal resources to understand the effects of COVID-19. -- Barbara Maughan * Nature *A fascinating book from an outstanding team of scientists, dedicated to answering the central questions about how lives develop. -- Anne Petersen, University of MichiganThe Origins of You deserves to be read by everyone who wants to understand human development. -- David P. Farrington, Cambridge UniversityEngaging…Displays scope and curiosity, as the authors look at genetic factors, whether early circumstances can forecast certain later developmental outcomes, how and if the family experience and the environmental situation shape aspects of later life, and the role of the childhood experience in determining elements of adult health. * Kirkus Reviews *This thought-provoking volume should fascinate psychology students. * Publishers Weekly *Tells us which types of children grow up to be which types of adults, and it offers hints as to how childhood experiences can aid or hinder human development…A must-read. -- Robert VerBruggen * Institute for Family Studies blog *A compelling journey exploring the results of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study…Its findings are the x-marks-the-spot treasure trove that will help teachers, school administrators, and child psychologists support the growth and development of children. -- Laura Petillo * New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies *
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Princeton University Press Authorizing Marriage Canon Tradition and
Book SynopsisExplores the issue of same-sex marriage through a range of biblical, historical, liturgical, and theological evidence. From David's love for Jonathan through the singleness of Jesus and Paul to the all-male heaven of John's Apocalypse, this title addresses pertinent passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.Trade Review"Learned and absorbing essays... Some of the best historical and theological writing I have read in a long time is contained within the covers of this book. If those on the right wing in our current conflicts fail to enter into serious and thoughtful conversation with these and other recent offerings, they will be convicting themselves of irrational partisanship and intellectual obscurantism."--William Countryman, Church Times "A series of provocative and surprising essays that take up the warrant for blessing same-sex unions from a variety of Judeo-Christian perspectives... Taken as a whole, the volume provides some unusual and provocative arguments from a variety of religious perspectives that supporters of same-sex marriage might take into account as they formulate their strategies for future public debates."--Rebecca Alpert, Sexuality Research & Social Policy "This collection makes a refreshing change from the familiar ping-pong battle between liberals and conservatives about the ownership of the Judae-Christian tradition on sex and marriage... This is an impressive collection of powerful imaginative projects. It may not 'solve' any problems. But it certainly opens windows of opportunity for fresh reflection among the stereotypes."--George Newlands, Scottish Journal of TheologyTable of ContentsLIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii MARK D. JORDAN Introduction 1 SAUL M. OLYAN "Surpassing the Love of Women": Another Look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the Relationship of David and Jonathan 7 DALE B. MARTIN Familiar Idolatry and the Christian Case against Marriage 17 MARY ANN TOLBERT Marriage and Friendship in the Christian New Testament: Ancient Resources for Contemporary Same-Sex Unions 41 DANIEL BOYARIN Why Is Rabbi Yohanan a Woman? or, A Queer Marriage Gone Bad: "Platonic Love" in the Talmud 52 LAURENCE PAUL HEMMING Can I Really Count on You? 68 STEVEN GREENBERG Contemplating a Jewish Ritual of Same-Sex Union: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Marriage 81 MARK D. JORDAN Arguing Liturgical Genealogies, or, The Ghosts of Weddings Past 102 KATHRYN TANNER Hooker and the New Puritans 121 SUSAN FRANK PARSONS Ad Imaginem Dei: Is There a Moral Here? 139 EUGENE F. ROGERS JR. Trinity, Marriage, and Homosexuality 151 NOTES 165 INDEX 197
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Princeton University Press Untying the Knot Marriage the State and the Case
Book SynopsisActivists argue about how to define marriage, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. This title argues that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. It explains the assumptions hidden in widely held positions and common practices.Trade Review"Marriage as an ethical and social relationship is to reside outside the state's reach. Metz convincingly defends this position by using traditional liberal values alongside feminist analyses to critique and reject justifications of 'established' marriage found in Locke, Mill, Susan Moller Okin, and US legal opinions."--Choice "Tamara Metz has written an important book that makes a provocative and ultimately persuasive argument for getting the state out of the marriage business... I am very impressed with the persuasiveness of Metz's overarching argument and with the respectful and non-dismissive way in which she addresses the normative concerns of religious people, as well as the insights of feminist theorists. This book definitely makes a contribution to the literature on marriage, and it deserves a wide reading."--R. Claire Snyder-Hall, Law and Politics Book Review "This lucid, thoughtful, and cogently argued book makes a significant contribution to the literature on marriage. It will advance debates over marriage law beyond the question of which form of marriage the state should recognize to the deeper question of why the state should recognize marriage at all. Specialists in social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the history of liberal thought will profit from it, but it is also accessible to the student or general reader."--Elizabeth Brake, Philosophy in Review "Metz's focus on the meaning side of marriage provides a timely guide to understanding contemporary marriage debates... Her book should be of interest to the wider audience of readers who feel some stake in the ongoing marriage debates."--Linda McClain, Political Science Quarterly "Untying the Knot is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the current struggles over the nature, meaning, and significance of marriage, and it borders on being a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the relationship between liberalism and marriage."--Eric M. Cave, Social Theory and Practice "[T]his book ... is a forceful volley that effectively changes the terms of the marriage debate, forcing us to argue about fundamental assumptions as well as implications."--Michele Pridmore-Brown, European Legacy "An obvious strength of this work is Metz's clarity of argument, both in terms of her careful and considered analysis and her exceptionally clear writing style. Her prose is refreshingly enjoyable to read, and spells out her case at a measured pace. Whether or not you agree with the argument Metz presents, you will understand it."--Amy Watson, LSE Politics and Policy blog "In her thought-provoking book, Metz makes a compelling case... This is a straightforward and important book."--Timothy J. Woods, INTAMS ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii CHAPTER 1: Toward a Liberal Theory of Marriage and the State 1 CHAPTER 2: Confusion in the Courts 19 CHAPTER 3: Marriage and the State in Liberal Political Thought 47 CHAPTER 4: Marriage: A Formal, Comprehensive Social Institution 85 CHAPTER 5: The Liberal Case for Disestablishing Marriage and Creating an Intimate Caregiving Union Status 113 CHAPTER 6: Reconsidering the Public/Private Divide 153 Notes 163 Bibliography 185 Index 199
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Princeton University Press From the Ground Up from the Ground Up
Book SynopsisWhere do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects such as social capital and collective efficacy bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? This title argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relations are unique because of particular geographic qualities.Trade Review"Grannis provides neighborhood effects researchers with an important set of conceptual tools for studying and understanding the processes that shape both the lives of neighborhood residents and the strength and efficacy of the communities they form."--Liam Downey, American Journal of Sociology "While I heartily recommend this book to my colleagues in geography, spatial analysis, and travel behavior, it should be of great interest to researchers in the sociology of communities as well."--Antonio Paez, Journal of Children and Poverty "Grannis makes some major contributions in this work... It is remarkable that the writing is not dull; in fact, Grannis captivates the reader with succinct, palpable writing (not in the least verbose) showcasing stories pertaining to his neighborhood data collection and using descriptive figures to summarize data. The reader cannot help but be drawn in to the text, seeing what Grannis describes."--Kyle M. Woosnam, Community DevelopmentTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Prologue xv CHAPTER ONE: Neighborhoods and Neighboring 1 Geography and Community 1 It's the Kids, Stupid! 4 Overview of the Book 8 CHAPTER TWO: The Stages of Neighboring 17 Neighboring: A Superposed Relation 17 Stage 1 Neighboring 20 Stage 2 Neighboring 20 Stage 3 Neighboring 23 Stage 4 Neighboring 25 Main Points in Review 27 CHAPTER THREE: Reconceptualizing Stage 1 Neighboring 28 Proximity 28 Boundaries 29 Face Blocks 31 Tertiary Face Blocks 32 Intersections 34 Main Points in Review 35 CHAPTER FOUR: Reconceptualizing Stage 1 Neighbor Networks 37 Layers of Complex Network Structures 37 T-Communities and Islands 42 Main Points in Review 46 CHAPTER FIVE: Selection and Influence 48 Selecting Homophilous Immediate Neighbors 48 Influence 52 Homophily and Influence Acting on Different Stages of Neighboring 56 Main Points in Review 57 CHAPTER SIX: Respondents, Interviews, and Other Data 59 Gang Neighborhood Ethnography and Interviews 60 Overview of the Other Data Collection Events 61 Structured Interviews 61 Cognitive Mapping and Alternatives 62 Data Collection in 68 Los Angeles Neighborhoods 65 Adaptive Link-Tracing 66 The Second Los Angeles Data Collection 67 College Town Census and Resample 68 Administrative Data 70 Main Points in Review 72 CHAPTER SEVEN: Selecting Stage 1 Neighbors 73 Selecting Racially Homophilous Tertiary Street Neighbors 73 Accepting Heterogenous Higher-Stage Neighbors 76 A Dialogue with Administrative Data 78 Segregating Tertiary Street Networks 79 Tertiary Street Network Borders 84 The Impact of a Single Tertiary Street Connection 89 Main Points in Review 90 CHAPTER EIGHT: Unintentional Encounters 93 The Substantive Reality of Passive Contacts 93 The "Lived" Experience of Tertiary Street Networks 96 A Note about Large, Multiunit Complexes 105 Main Points in Review 107 CHAPTER NINE: Stage 3 Neighbors and Tertiary Streets 109 Tertiary Street Proximity and Stage 3 Neighbors 109 Tertiary Street Networks and Stage 3 Neighbor Networks 113 More Than Proximity 119 Main Points in Review 127 CHAPTER TEN: The Importance of Neighbor Networks 129 Three Degrees of Neighboring 129 A Note about the Exhaustive Census 134 Neighboring Is a Family Relation 135 The Importance of Convenient Availability 139 Main Points in Review 144 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Network Influence Theory 148 Social Influence Network Theory 148 Beyond Density 151 The Horizon of Observability 155 Structural Cohesion 158 Merely a Mechanism? 159 Main Points in Review 161 CHAPTER TWELVE: Influence Networks in a College Town 162 T-Communities, Children, and the Horizon of Observability 162 T-Communities and Social Control 164 Neighbor Influence and T-Community Culture 166 Main Points in Review 176 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Influence Networks in a Gang Barrio 178 Geographic Neighborhood and Sociological Neighborhood 178 Neighborhood Community and Tertiary Street Networks 180 An Efficacious Neighborhood 182 Neighborhood Efficacy as a Function of Influence Networks 184 Influence Networks as a Function of Tertiary Street Networks 187 Main Points in Review 190 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Implications 192 Summary 192 What It All Means 197 APPENDIX: Survey Instrument 201 Notes 207 References 219 Index 237
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Princeton University Press The End of American Childhood
Book SynopsisThe End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self-definition, and individual success have informed Americans' attitudes toward children. But asTrade Review"The material Fass provides on America in the 19th and early-20th centuries is important, and highly relevant to the really essential issues driving parenting behavior in our day."--Judith Warner, New York Times Book Review The End of American Childhoodis a worthwhile and enlightening book, and [Fass] comes to some persuasively tough conclusions."--Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal "A wide-ranging and stimulating history of childhood and parenting in the U.S. ... [Fass] illustrates her points with examples from the childhoods of figures both famous (Ulysses S. Grant and Margaret Mead) and obscure (Rose Cohen, a 19th-century child seamstress). She concludes by noting that with the insecurities of the global economy, adolescents put off independence, particularly financial independence, for far longer than in the past two centuries, but that independence is still their eventual goal. Her work provides an invaluable perspective on an important topic."--Publishers Weekly "A comprehensive investigation of how Americans have raised their children... Fass provides ample historical and scientific evidence to support her findings, giving readers a methodical, meticulous accounting of childhood in America over the past 200 years."--Kirkus "[An] enlightening book... Our instincts tell us to do more, not less, to protect our children from the cruel 21st-century world.The End of American Childhoodis a corrective to that outlook."--Isabel Berwick, Financial Times "Childhood in the U.S. has been distinct in the Western world: the relations between generations were more flexible, provided choices, and encouraged children's independence. Historian Fass uses autobiographies, parents' advice, and child welfare literature to paint a portrait of children who, regardless of class, gender, ethnicity, or race, shouldered family responsibilities from the pioneers on the frontier to immigrant children working in factories a century later... Her overview on past parents' fear for children's health and survival serves as a sobering reminder to 'helicopter' parents and 'tiger moms.'"--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Young in America 1 1 Childhood and Parenting in the New Republic 13 Sowing the Seeds of Independence, 1800-1860 2 Children Adrift 45 Responding to Crisis, 1850-1890 3 What Mother Needs to Know 86 The New Science of Childhood, 1890-1940 4 A Wider World 127 Adolescence, Immigration, and Schooling, 1920-1960 5 All Our Children 171 Race, Rebellion, and Social Change, 1950-1990 6 What's the Matter with Kids Today? 215 Epilogue 268 Notes 275 Suggestions for Further Reading 309 Index 319
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Princeton University Press SmallTown America
Book SynopsisMore than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differenTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 "Small-Town America is full of surprising findings... [A]cutely aware of the fragility of small towns, Wuthnow believes they have a viable future."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Minneapolis Star Tribune "This comprehensive investigation of social life in small, rural U.S. communities by distinguished scholar Wuthnow is a remarkable contribution to the rural sociological literature. The author combines data from the U.S. census, national surveys, and his own quantitative and qualitative research to illuminate how rural residents view the changes in small town life over the past few decades... An important, thought-provoking picture of small town life."--Choice "[A] rich tapestry depicting the pleasures and difficulties of life in small-town America, the histories and the promises of these places, and the hopes and fears of the people who choose to live there."--Elizabeth Dilley, Christian Century "I learned a great deal about small-town America from this book. In a sense, there is no other sociological study of small-town America to equal it. It fills a significant gap in the sociological literature."--John A. Coleman, America "Small-Town America fills a significant gap in the sociological literature... [Wuthnow] offers a more balanced view of small-town life and culture. Drawing on more than seven hundred in-depth interviews in hundreds of towns across America and three decades of census data, Robert Wuthnow shows the fragility of community in small towns."--Batya Roded, Geography Research Forum "In Small-Town America there is a wealth of information for the field researcher, the demographer, the survey designer, and the community theorist. We are confident that Wuthnow's work will lead to more insightful explorations in community theory and how rural America continues to play a significant role in American society."--Matthew L. McKnight and Ralph B. Brown, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Profiles ix Preface xi 1- Introduction 1 2- You Have to Deal with Everybody: The Inhabitants of Small Towns 17 3- Going to Be Buried Right Here: How Residents View Their Towns 51 4- Community Spirit: Small-Town Identities That Bind 101 5- The Frog Pond: Making Sense of Work and Money 139 6- Leadership: Earning Respect, Improving the Community 177 7- Habits of Faith: The Social Role of Small-Town Congregations 217 8- Contentious Issues: The Moral Sentiments of Community Life 263 9- Washington Is Broken: Politics and the New Populism 291 10- Keep Your Doors Open: Shaping the Future 319 11- Concluding Reflections: Community in Small Towns 341 Afterword 361 Methodology 365 Notes 391 Selected Bibliography 449 Index 469
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Princeton University Press In the Blood
Book SynopsisFarming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat. Who are America's farmers? Why is farming important to them? How are they coping with dramatic changes to their way of life? In the Blood paints a vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families, sheddiTrade Review"A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm families."--Bookseller Buyer's Guide "An important book for rural sociologists."--ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Families 12 2 Neighbors 46 3 Faith 72 4 Independence 95 5 The Land 119 6 Technology 140 7 Markets 163 Afterword 185 Appendix 191 Notes 199 Index 219
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Princeton University Press Family Values The Ethics of ParentChild
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Brighouse and Swift raise some important issues and come to some conclusions that are bound to be controversial, which is exactly why this book is so important and so worthy of considerable thought and debate. The work is scholarly and well documented, with 30 pages of notes and bibliography accompanying the 181-page text. That's a welcome distinction over the political diatribes that often cloud family value debates... Highly recommended."--Talking Ethics "This thoughtful work addresses tensions between the liberty of parents to raise children as they see fit, parents' duty to ensure that children develop the capacity for autonomy, and the role of the family as an obstacle to fair equality of opportunity."--Choice "It presents and negotiates the issues at stake in exceptionally nuanced, elegant and meticulously-crafted ways."--Gideon Calder, European Journal of Political Theory "In their clearly written and elegantly structured book, Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift develop a normative account of child-rearing that deftly weaves together positions associated with both the political left and the right... Their principled account of the rights of parents and children is the best of which I am aware, and I expect it to set the standard for discussion of these issues for some time to come."--George Sher, Social Theory and Practice "Family Values is an original, important, and well-written book that will influence the discussion concerning the moral status of the family for years to come, and it can be recommended to any reader who is interested in this topic."--Jorg Loschke, Ethical Theory and Moral PracticeTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii Part One Liberty, Equality, Family 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 1 Liberalism and the Family 5 Chapter 2 Equality and the Family 23 Part Two Justifying the Family 47 Introduction 48 Chapter 3 Children 57 Chapter 4 Adults 86 Part Three Parents' Rights 113 Introduction 114 Chapter 5 Conferring Advantage 123 Chapter 6 Shaping Values 149 Conclusion 175 Notes 183 Bibliography 201 Index 213
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Princeton University Press Work Matters
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Princeton University Press A History of Italian Fertility During the Last
Book SynopsisProfound changes have occurred in the demography and sociology of Italian fertility since Napoleonic times. Using the statistical system instituted in 1861 with national unification, Massimo Livi-Bacci provides a systematic and detailed analysis of fertility trends in Italy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He brings to light the main featTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. xxi*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1: From Napoleonic Times to National Unification, pg. 7*CHAPTER 2: Regional Development of Fertility since Unification: 1861-1971, pg. 49*CHAPTER 3: Urban-Rural Residence and the Decline in Fertility, pg. 110*CHAPTER 4: The Geography of Fertility and Nuptiality Changes, pg. 135*CHAPTER 5: Factors Involved in Italy's Fertility Decline, pg. 189*CHAPTER 6: Differential Fertility as a Key to the Interpretation of Fertility Decline, pg. 216*CHAPTER 7: Some Fertility Determinants: Biological Factors, Family Structure, and Selected Characteristics of Italian Society, pg. 249*Conclusion, pg. 284*Appendix A, pg. 291*Appendix BETA, pg. 298*Appendix C, pg. 301*Official Statistical Sources, pg. 303*Index, pg. 305
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Princeton University Press The Decline of Belgian Fertility 18001970
Book SynopsisFertility in Belgium declined early and remained low compared with that in other European countries. For this reason, and because of the nation's heterogeneity, study of its demographic transition illuminates the relationship between fertility behavior and socioeconomic development. Professor Lesthaeghe first describes the Belgian experience in a wTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Foreword, pg. xvii*Preface, pg. xix*CHAPTER 1: Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2: The Social and Economic Modernization, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3: The Evolution of Nuptiality, pg. 46*CHAPTER 4: The Transition of Marital, Illegitimate, and General Fertility, pg. 95*CHAPTER 5: Factors Associated with the Fertility. Decline-A First Approach, pg. 142*CHAPTER 6: Factors Associated with the Fertility. Decline-Multivariate Analyses, pg. 196*CHAPTER 7: Final Considerations, pg. 221*APPENDIX: The Quality of the Demographic Data, pg. 233*Index, pg. 253
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Princeton University Press Third Child
Book SynopsisThe second phase of a long-term study in American fertility. Tables, interview forms. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original textsTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xiii*Tables, pg. xv*Appendix Tables, pg. xxiii*Chapter I. Background, Sample, and Objectives, pg. 1*Chapter II. Current Fertility and Fertility Control in the United States: A Review, pg. 11*Chapter III. Voluntary Factors in the Speed of Conception, pg. 26*Chapter IV. Contraceptive Effectiveness as a Function of Desired Family Size, pg. 38*Chapter V. Improved Contraception and Its Mechanisms, pg. 45*Chapter VI. Birth Spacing as Related to Desired Family Size, pg. 56*Chapter VII. Predicting Fertility Over Three Years, pg. 66*Chapter VIII. Religion and Religiousness, pg. 79*Chapter IX. Socio-Economic Status, pg. 108*Chapter X. Social Mobility, pg. 132*Chapter XI. Reactions to Change in General Economic Conditions, pg. 148*Chapter XII. Residence and Migration, pg. 157*Chapter XIII. Some Family Relationships, pg. 183*Chapter XIV. Age, Family Composition, and Sex Preference, pg. 198*Chapter XV. Multivariate Analyses, pg. 209*Chapter XVI. Summary of Major Findings, pg. 231*Appendix A. The Interview Schedule, pg. 249*Appendix BETA. Sampling, pg. 257*Appendix C. The Reliability of Data on Fertility Planning, pg. 261*Appendix D. Measurement of Contraceptive Effectiveness, pg. 283*Appendix E. Significance Levels of Correlation Coefficients, pg. 286*Author Index, pg. 287
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Princeton University Press Fertility Differences in a Modernizing Country A
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*TABLE OF CONTENTS, pg. xi*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xiv*I. THE SETTING, pg. 1*II. THE METHOD, pg. 16*III. DESCRIPTION OF FERTILITY DIFFERENCES, pg. 25*IV. INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF FERTILITY DIFFERENCES, pg. 44*V. INVOLUNTARY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY, pg. 47*VI. VOLUNTARY DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY, pg. 60*VII. FAMILY SIZE ADVISED, pg. 72*VII. INTERPRETATION, pg. 76*APPENDIX A. THE SAMPLE, pg. 85*APPENDIX B. TECHNICAL NOTES ON GATHERING THE DATA, pg. 97*APPENDIX C. EVALUATION OF THE DATA, pg. 109*APPENDIX D. TECHNICAL NOTES ON THE ANALYSIS, pg. 113*APPENDIX E. INTERVIEW SCHEDULE AND INSTRUCTIONS, pg. 131*APPENDIX F. SUPPORTING TABLES, pg. 165*APPENDIX G. REFERENCES CITED, pg. 202
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Seeking Identity Individualism Versus Community
Book SynopsisThis text combines ethical theory and personal experience to explore family and community influences on individual behaviour within an ethnic setting. Concentrating on Italian-Americans, the author assesses the links with often conflicting groups such as family, friends, neighbourhood and country.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Workings of the Household
Book SynopsisThis book examines the organization of domestic life in the context of recent economic change. Lydia Morris argues that relationships within the household can only be understood with reference to the social and economic environment in which it is located.Trade Review'Impressive and original.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Judicous, intelligent book' Culture and Society 'An invaluable bridge between the labour market and family studies; it will be essential as an undergraduate text and source for practitioners.' Sociology 'Lydia Morris has produced an extremely useful guide to the proliferating body of research within social science which takes the household as its unit of analysis... an admirable book, interesting and thought-provoking. Well-written, clear and concise, it is to be recommended to anyone working in the areas it covers' Reviewing SociologyTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Male Unemployment. 3. The Variable Experience of Male Unemployment. 4. Employment for Women. 5. The Division of Domestic Labour. 6. Household Finance. 7. Women's Unemployment. 8. Young People and the Household. 9. The Household in Social Context. 10. Conclusion. References.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Parents Gender and Education Reform
Book Synopsisaeo Brings together all the material about parents and education (including adult education) previously found only in disparate places. aeo Adds a distinctive perspective highlighting gender issues, which have had their origins in changes in family life and their effects on education. aeo Important contribution to a key debate.Trade Review'Parents now play a more central part in educational policy through their role as parent governors in schools. But despite this, policy, or indeed assumptions about the ways in which schools should operate, are not based on a realistic view of the lives of mothers and fathers or on the ways in which family life has changed in recent years. Miriam David argues convincingly that we cannot sensibly discuss schooling without taking account of what goes on in the home. This book breaks new ground in its analysis of the relationship of home and school and is essential reading for anyone concerned with children, education or parenthood.' Martin Richards, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge 'This is a timely and thorough review of changes in party political positions, policy approaches and the preoccupations of social science research regarding education that enables us to appreciate the magnitude of the 1980s changes, particularly in respect of the shifting meaning of the partnership between home and school.' Jane Lewis, The London School of Economics and Political Science 'A timely and interesting book.' Political Studies 'David provides a good summary of family change in recent decades together with a balanced and comprehensive account of educational policy.' Social PolicyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Introduction: Parents, Education Reforms and Social Research. 2. The Family Policy Context: The War over the Family and Family Life Changes: 1944-1992. 3. The Education Policy Context: The Idea of a `Meritocracy' from 1944-1976. 4. The Education Policy Context: The Idea of a `Parentocracy' from 1976-1992. 5. Parents and Education: The Social Democractic Reformer-Researcher Partnersip over Equal Opportunities. 6. A Parental `Voice' in Education as Community, or Consumer, Involvement?. 7. Parental or Family Choice of School, or of Education. 8. Parental Involvement for School Effectiveness or Home Improvement?. 9. Mothers in Education, or Mum's the Word?. 10. Debating the Effects of Family Changes and Circumstances on Children's Education. 11. Conclusions: Family Changes, Social Research and Education Reforms. Bibliography. Index. Index of Authors.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages
Book Synopsisaeo Georges Duby is one of the most outstanding medieval historians in the world today. aeo This is an important book on the themes of love and marriage in the Middle Ages. aeo The hardback edition was widely reviewed and sold well.Trade Review'Georges Duby is one of the brightest stars in that sparkling galaxy of French historians which has lit up the historical writing of the later 20th century ... the book contains short expositions of many of his most brilliant insights.' The Guardian 'There is little doubt that Duby is one of the most interesting and original historians at work in Europe today. This book is up to his usual high standards of scholarship, penetration and readability.' Peter Burke, University of Cambridge 'Duby's vision is fascinating [and] compelling.' Emma Hawkes, University of Western Australia 'It is difficult to think of any other historian who has been surrounded by so much respect and esteem.' Douglas Johnson, The GuardianTable of ContentsSources and Acknowledgments. Authors Note. Part I: Love and Marriage. 1. Marriage in early medieval society. 2. What do we know about love in twelfth-century France?. 3. The matron and the mismarried woman. 4. On courtly love. 5. Le Roman de la Rose. 6. Towards a history of women in France and Spain. Part II: Family Structures. . 7. Family structures in the West during the Middle Ages. 8. An examination of aristocratic family structures in eleventh-century France in relation to State structures. 9. Philip Augustus's France. Social changes in aristocratic circles. Part III: Culture, Values and Society. . 10. Problems and methods in cultural history. 11. The history of value systems. 12. The Renaissance of the twelfth century: audience and patronage. 13. Observations of physical pain in the Middle Ages. 14. Memories without historians. 15. Heresies and societies in pre-industrial Europe between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince
Book SynopsisThe number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these ''new singles'' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own. This development reflects general social trends, ranging from rising divorce rates to the growing professionalization of women and their dissatisfaction with a traditional model that offers them a future organized solely around ''husband-baby-home''. At the same time, the attractions of that model still linger and the fairytale prince is by no means a figure from a story or a remote past. Even in an age in which the internet promises that love is ''just a click away'', many women still wait for their prince to come. Jean-Claude Kaufmann''s sympathetic study of the lives, aspirations and sometimes despair of the ''new single women'' is based mainly on an analysis of a sample of the hundreds of letters sent to Marie-Claire magazine after it published a first-hand account of the single life. FunnTrade Review"Kaufmann is a wise and clever microsociologist, inspired by Erving Goffman, by fashion magazines, and by kittenish and cougarish women. He is the voice of the annoyed, the vexed, the fearful, and the comforted." Contemporary Sociology “Freedom and autonomy have their glories and their miseries. Jean-Claude Kaufmann has composed a thoroughly researched inventory of both, while analysing in depth the present-day condition of women and its impact on the male half of humanity. As women replace self-effacement with newly gained self-confidence, the lynchpin is driven out of the family and the private sphere, and the hard-to-reconcile drives to autonomy and companionship result in the increasing fragility of commitments and fear of loneliness for both women and men. In masterly fashion, Kaufmann records the ongoing transformations in the human condition that follow. His findings hit at the very heart of the harrowing dilemmas which most men and women confront these days and struggle to resolve.” Zygmunt Bauman, Universities of Leeds and Warsaw “Anyone seeking to understand the fastest growing trend in personal life – more people living alone – should read this book. Jean-Claude Kaufmann moves elegantly between broad-brush historical overviews of changes in family life and fine-grained scrutiny of the narratives of women ensnared in the drama of these new demographics. Paradoxically, the opening up of personal choices for everybody seems to close down the options for many women, who are finding it harder to find the partners they long for.” Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College, author of Why Feminism? “This is a brilliant book on the everyday effects of the rise in female singledom. Kaufman provides fascinating insights into the pressures that single women experience today, from society's disapproval of female autonomy as a threat to traditional family models, to the hopes and disappointments of the modern dating world.” Veronique Mottier, University of LausanneTable of ContentsFOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION INTRODUCTION PART ONE: IS THERE A MODEL FOR PRIVATE LIFE? 1. LIVING ALONE: A LONG HISTORY Intolerable Celibacy Great Buffalo Woman Celibacy Becomes Legitimate A Maid in Men’s Clothes Introspection The World Turned Upside Down The Nineteenth Century: The Main Trend Begins Grisettes and Phalansteries The Break Dark Times The American Model The Scandinavian Model Crazy Times Uncertain Times 2. A LIFE DIVIDED The ‘Accusing Finger’ ‘Weird’ Uncomfortable Places The Family: What Can Be Said and What Cannot Be Said The Laughter of Girlfriends Betrayal A Cycle in Three Stages 3. A LIFE SHARED Back to History Premonitory Experiments The Personalization of Feelings A Model for Private Life The Mother-Children Group The Model Undermined 4. PRINCE OR HUSBAND? Facts and Fairies The Prince with a Thousand Faces ‘Like a Love Story’ The Prince Settles Down When the Carriage Turns Back into a Pumpkin The Prince Plays Musical Chairs PART TWO: PORTRAIT OF A SINGLE WOMAN 5. INTROSPECTION ‘The Disease of the Infinite’ From Laughter to Tears Double Reflexivity From Diaries to Blogs The Mirror and the Clairvoyant 6. AT HOME Fixtures and Fittings Bed Meals Wrapping Up and Regressing Freedom from Domesticity The Lightness of Being 7. THE OUTSIDE WORLD Going Out Other Ties The Family Work Being Oneself in the Outside World 8. MEN Arms Sex Man-Hunters A Gloomy View of Life Married Men 9. THE INTERNET REVOLUTION A Sudden Change of Epoch Love is Just a Click Away The Dark Side of the Web Real Life Men and Women: Sex and Commitment ‘Don’t Give Up’ An Experience in its Own Right PART THREE: THE AUTONOMY TRAJECTORY 10. BEING ONESELF The Concept of Trajectory The Irresistible Injunction to be Oneself Oneself Widows Young People Women Who Have Broken off Relationships Predisposing Factors The Impulse to Remain Single The Lesser of Two Evils Two Trajectories, Two Identities 11. WAITING Dinosaurs of Love and Galloping Horses The Ravages of Love For Want of an Alternative Sentenced to Hard Labour Comforting Habits Extreme Isolation Negative Individualism 12. ‘WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING! Flight as Therapy The Logic of the Shell The Paradox of Appearances Women Can Do Anything Autonomy with Company CONCLUSION EPILOGUE DOSSIER. THE GLOBALIZATION OF SINGLEDOM: THE FIGURES The Irresistible Rise in the Number of One-Person Households Interpreting the Figures Late Marriage A Short World Tour Mail-Order Brides A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY Stages in the Research The Letters Constructing Hypotheses The Informants BIBLIOGRAPHY
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Single Woman and the Fairytale Prince
Book SynopsisThe number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these 'new singles' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own.Trade Review"Kaufmann is a wise and clever microsociologist, inspired by Erving Goffman, by fashion magazines, and by kittenish and cougarish women. He is the voice of the annoyed, the vexed, the fearful, and the comforted." Contemporary Sociology “Freedom and autonomy have their glories and their miseries. Jean-Claude Kaufmann has composed a thoroughly researched inventory of both, while analysing in depth the present-day condition of women and its impact on the male half of humanity. As women replace self-effacement with newly gained self-confidence, the lynchpin is driven out of the family and the private sphere, and the hard-to-reconcile drives to autonomy and companionship result in the increasing fragility of commitments and fear of loneliness for both women and men. In masterly fashion, Kaufmann records the ongoing transformations in the human condition that follow. His findings hit at the very heart of the harrowing dilemmas which most men and women confront these days and struggle to resolve.” Zygmunt Bauman, Universities of Leeds and Warsaw “Anyone seeking to understand the fastest growing trend in personal life – more people living alone – should read this book. Jean-Claude Kaufmann moves elegantly between broad-brush historical overviews of changes in family life and fine-grained scrutiny of the narratives of women ensnared in the drama of these new demographics. Paradoxically, the opening up of personal choices for everybody seems to close down the options for many women, who are finding it harder to find the partners they long for.” Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College, author of Why Feminism? “This is a brilliant book on the everyday effects of the rise in female singledom. Kaufman provides fascinating insights into the pressures that single women experience today, from society's disapproval of female autonomy as a threat to traditional family models, to the hopes and disappointments of the modern dating world.” Veronique Mottier, University of LausanneTable of ContentsFOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION INTRODUCTION PART ONE: IS THERE A MODEL FOR PRIVATE LIFE? 1. LIVING ALONE: A LONG HISTORY Intolerable Celibacy Great Buffalo Woman Celibacy Becomes Legitimate A Maid in Men’s Clothes Introspection The World Turned Upside Down The Nineteenth Century: The Main Trend Begins Grisettes and Phalansteries The Break Dark Times The American Model The Scandinavian Model Crazy Times Uncertain Times 2. A LIFE DIVIDED The ‘Accusing Finger’ ‘Weird’ Uncomfortable Places The Family: What Can Be Said and What Cannot Be Said The Laughter of Girlfriends Betrayal A Cycle in Three Stages 3. A LIFE SHARED Back to History Premonitory Experiments The Personalization of Feelings A Model for Private Life The Mother-Children Group The Model Undermined 4. PRINCE OR HUSBAND? Facts and Fairies The Prince with a Thousand Faces ‘Like a Love Story’ The Prince Settles Down When the Carriage Turns Back into a Pumpkin The Prince Plays Musical Chairs PART TWO: PORTRAIT OF A SINGLE WOMAN 5. INTROSPECTION ‘The Disease of the Infinite’ From Laughter to Tears Double Reflexivity From Diaries to Blogs The Mirror and the Clairvoyant 6. AT HOME Fixtures and Fittings Bed Meals Wrapping Up and Regressing Freedom from Domesticity The Lightness of Being 7. THE OUTSIDE WORLD Going Out Other Ties The Family Work Being Oneself in the Outside World 8. MEN Arms Sex Man-Hunters A Gloomy View of Life Married Men 9. THE INTERNET REVOLUTION A Sudden Change of Epoch Love is Just a Click Away The Dark Side of the Web Real Life Men and Women: Sex and Commitment ‘Don’t Give Up’ An Experience in its Own Right PART THREE: THE AUTONOMY TRAJECTORY 10. BEING ONESELF The Concept of Trajectory The Irresistible Injunction to be Oneself Oneself Widows Young People Women Who Have Broken off Relationships Predisposing Factors The Impulse to Remain Single The Lesser of Two Evils Two Trajectories, Two Identities 11. WAITING Dinosaurs of Love and Galloping Horses The Ravages of Love For Want of an Alternative Sentenced to Hard Labour Comforting Habits Extreme Isolation Negative Individualism 12. ‘WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING! Flight as Therapy The Logic of the Shell The Paradox of Appearances Women Can Do Anything Autonomy with Company CONCLUSION EPILOGUE DOSSIER. THE GLOBALIZATION OF SINGLEDOM: THE FIGURES The Irresistible Rise in the Number of One-Person Households Interpreting the Figures Late Marriage A Short World Tour Mail-Order Brides A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY Stages in the Research The Letters Constructing Hypotheses The Informants BIBLIOGRAPHY
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Marital Communication
Book Synopsis* New introductory text on communication in marriages and other long-term romantic relationships. * Covers key topics such as communication across the lifespan, communication and intimacy and conflict. * Written as a textbook but also draws on the author s experience as a marriage counsellor.Trade Review"A valuable foundational text"Communication Research Trends"Douglas Kelley thoughtfully and wisely weaves together his years as a communication researcher, counsellor, and teacher. He bundles all this knowledge and experience into a book that is accessible and insightful to students, professionals, and couples seeking a deeper understanding of marriage and communication."Dawn O. Braithwaite, University of Nebraska - Lincoln"In Marital Communication, Dr. Kelley brings the same deep research, interdisciplinary focus, and degree of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological care familiar from his work on forgiveness. From the outset, he is careful to consider marriage as a recent and cultural phenomenon and takes pains to reflect how this relationship has taken form and the forces that are at play within and outside of it. He seamlessly blends more psychological theories on relationships into the stream of everyday communication, reflecting well the potential influence of communication on relational satisfaction or the erosion of relational quality."Valerie Manusov, University of Washington"Marital Communication offers an expert blend of research, theory, and practice. Dr. Kelley has a unique talent for translating complex concepts into recognizable everyday issues in marriage. He offers a definable roadmap for couples to follow in unpacking intimacy issues, conflict, and relational pitfalls. His insightfulness offers a complement of information for students, practitioners, and scholars."Sandra Petronio, Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisTable of Contents1: The Uniqueness of Marital Communication 2: Living and Working Together 3: Closeness: Achieving Intimacy and Love in Marriage 4: Close Conflict 5: Couple Communication Across the Life Cycle 6: Destructive and Restorative Marital Processes References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Au Pair
Book Synopsis* Danny Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in the world today and is a key figure in the study of material culture. * This book is unique: it is the first attempt to analyse in detail the life of the au pair and the families for whom they work.Trade Review“A great read and an intriguing academic study … Rich in content not only for anyone who thinks about employing or becoming an au pair, but also for everyone scientifically interested in an ethnography of this specific institution.” Anthropos "Pick up this book when you want a guilt-free escape from your day-to-day academic work. This is a vivid and engaging account of the life of Slovak au pairs in London. Written for the specialist and non-specialist alike, it offers great insight into the problems of intercultural communication, structured by the fundamental contradictions of the institution of the au pair." Journal of Intercultural Studies "Miller and Burikova's criticisms are all too real" The Times "A highly engaging read, which begs the question: why is more scholarly work not written in this way?" Social & Cultural Geography "A useful resource for all interested in both migration and gender studies. It challenges steretypes on the one hand of the au pair as an uneducated, poor and sexualised object and of host parents as cold, uncaring and exploitative on the other. It provides a huge amount of rich ethnographic data that challenge readers to think differently about family life, domestic tasks and the migration of young women." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies "With its fine-grained ethnographic detail, skillfully presented in vivid prose, this book illuminates every aspect of the hopes, fantasies and frustrations that constitute the frequently troubled ties and misunderstandings between au pairs and their employers. A huge pleasure to read, Au Pair provides a definitive, indispensable text for addressing this increasingly prevalent facet of family life, with its own suggestions for improving the lives of both au pairs and the families in which they reside." Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College and author of Why Feminism? "A long overdue book that deals sensitively with the experiences of both au pairs and host families. It moves between individual stories and their social context to reveal the tensions and the potential of this unique relationship." Bridget Anderson, University of OxfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Prologue 1 1 Why Not? 5 2 An Embarrassing Presence 32 3 The Hard Work and the Soft Touch 60 4 Sort of English 87 5 Bored in Beddlingham 114 6 Men 137 7 Out of Time 156 8 Conclusion: Structure, Behaviour and Consequence 171 Appendix: Academic Studies of Domestic Labour 184 References 200 Index 204
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