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Cambridge University Press Partisan Families
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Cambridge University Press A Historical Sociology of Childhood
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Cambridge University Press The TragiComedy of Victorian Fatherhood 65 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 65
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Cambridge University Press Marriage and the Economy Theory and Evidence from Advanced Industrial Societies
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Cambridge University Press Family and Social Change The Household as a Process in an Industrializing Community 21 Cambridge Studies in Population Economy and Society in Past Time Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Demographic Behavior in the Past A Study of Fourteen German Village Populations in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 6 Cambridge Studies in and Society in Past Time Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Marriage in Italy 1300 1650
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Cambridge University Press Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany
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Cambridge University Press Formative Experiences The Interaction of Caregiving Culture and Developmental Psychobiology
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Cambridge University Press Economics and the Family
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Cambridge University Press Caring for Mom and Dad
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Cambridge University Press Child and Adolescent Development
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Cambridge University Press Motherhood
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Cambridge University Press Virtual Reality Risks for Children in the Metaverse
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Cambridge University Press SameSex Marriage and the Constitution
Book SynopsisIn 2015 the Supreme Court made history by ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. The third edition of perhaps the most influential book on the subject explains the Court''s reasoning and what the consequences of the decision have been. The book also explains why the Supreme Court declined to rule that a ban on same-sex marriage was irrational or hateful or that the ban was an indirect form of gender discrimination. Instead, the Court ruled that there is a fundamental constitutional right to marry that covers same-sex couples. The book discusses the dissent''s claims that the decision will lead to constitutional protection for polygamy. It also covers the controversy over whether there should be special laws that allow religious business owners not to serve same-sex couples who are married. This book is free of jargon and is accessible to anyone interested in same-sex equality, the Supreme Court or constitutional law generally.Trade Review'Evan Gerstmann's constitutional claim for marriage equality, visionary when it was first published in 2002, proved prophetic - and now, in this new edition, proffers a roadmap for advocates of fundamental-rights jurisprudence in the twenty-first century. Learned, impassioned, and rigorously argued, Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution stands as touchstone scholarship on gay marriage - or, as we call it today, 'marriage.' Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and author of Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America'Evan Gerstmann presents a carefully crafted, highly nuanced, and up-to-date argument about same-sex marriage. At the same time, he carefully considers the implications of the issue for crucial and timely issues of constitutional interpretation.' Harry Hirsch, Oberlin College, Ohio'Professor Evan Gerstmann saw same-sex marriage coming and he sees same-sex marriage staying. His work is the rare combination of sophisticated doctrinal, normative, and political analysis.' Mark Graber, University System of Maryland Regents Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Reason and prejudice: is a heterosexual monopoly on marriage rational?; 3. Looking for stricter scrutiny: sexism, heterosexism, and class-based equal protection; 4. The fundamental right to marry; 5. Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry; 6. Should courts create new rights?; 7. Identifying fundamental rights; 8. Democracy, neutrality, and consistency of principle; 9. Principles and practicalities: the road to same-sex marriage.
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Cambridge University Press Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Austria
Book SynopsisThis study explores the experience of intermarried couples - marriages with Jewish and non-Jewish partners - and their children in Vienna after Germany's seizure of Austria in 1938. Evan Burr Bukey finds that although intermarried couples lived in a state of fear and anxiety, many managed to mitigate, delay, or even escape Nazi sanctions.Trade Review'Through his history of those tied by family bonds, Bukey lays bare how the Nazi regime challenged core values of western civilization: the family, parents' protection of their children, the mutual love and loyalty of husbands and wives. And he shows how those fathers, mothers, wives, and husbands negotiated that assault. Written with great sensitivity and passion, and grounded in impeccable research, Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Austria is a superb new work.' Debórah Dwork, Clark University'We have had only vague knowledge until now about the impact Nazi racist madness had on the private lives of Jews and intermarried couples in National Socialist Austria. Evan Burr Bukey went into Viennese archives, compiled exact statistics, and wrote a precise study about people who were forced to live in a state of enormous stress. He has reconstructed the fates of individuals and revealed thereby the whole gamut of human emotions: greed for money and assets, cowardice and betrayal, as well as loyalty to one's spouse, bravery, and moral courage. The result is an outstanding book, touching and sad, about people in extreme situations.' Ernst Hanisch, University of Salzburg'Singlehandedly, Professor Bukey has produced the definitive history of persecution of Austrians of Jewish heritage from Anschluss in 1938 to 1945. After all, Vienna was home to the second largest concentration of Jews and 'mixed marriages' in all of Hitler's Gross Deutsches Reich. Bukey's meticulous archival research and probing analyses present in detail how the Nazis imperiled the lives and marriages of hundreds of thousands of citizens while at the same time showing how sometimes individuals within that bureaucracy could blunt the worst of Nazi intentions. What Beate Meyer and Wolf Gruner have achieved in exposing Nazi persecution of intermarriages in Germany, Evan Bukey has matched with his exemplary history of intermarriages in Austria.' James F. Tent, University of Alabama, BirminghamTable of Contents1. Prologue: Jews and intermarriage in Austria; 2. Contesting racial status: successes and failures; 3. Intermarried divorce, 1938–45; 4. Tightening the noose: arrests, deportations, and forced labor, 1941–5; 5. Epilogue and conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Marriage in Ireland 16601925
Book SynopsisWhat were the laws on marriage in Ireland, and did church and state differ in their interpretation? How did men and women meet and arrange to marry? How important was patriarchy and a husband''s control over his wife? And what were the options available to Irish men and women who wished to leave an unhappy marriage? This first comprehensive history of marriage in Ireland across three centuries looks below the level of elite society for a multi-faceted exploration of how marriage was perceived, negotiated and controlled by the church and state, as well as by individual men and women within Irish society. Making extensive use of new and under-utilised primary sources, Maria Luddy and Mary O''Dowd explain the laws and customs around marriage in Ireland. Revising current understandings of marital law and relations, Marriage in Ireland, 16601925 represents a major new contribution to Irish historical studies.Trade Review'What did marriage in Ireland between 1660 and 1923 really look like? This ground-breaking study of a personal yet, public institution provides the first comprehensive account. It explains marriage law; how the middle and lower classes met, married and fared and what happened when unions failed. Individual agency and institutional control are central themes.' Bernadette Whelan, University of Limerick'Marriage in Ireland is a huge piece of research and analysis which will provide material for further serious work for many years. Our social history is greatly enriched by its existence.' Catriona Crowe, Irish Times'Illuminating.' Kim Bielenberg, Irish Independent'Marriage in Ireland is the perfect partnership between Luddy and O'Dowd's individual research interests. It presents a balanced and nuanced account of the history of marriage from gender, religion and class perspectives, sheds light on the 19th century construction of Ireland's image as a chaste society and provides a solid foundation for further study. Both authors are to be highly commended for this very important contribution to marriage and sexuality studies in Ireland.' Michelle Dunne, Women's History Association of Ireland (womenshistoryassociation.com)'… an ambitious study … for readers hoping to supplement or expand their work on marriage, family relationships, or women's legal and social positions in Ireland, this volume opens new questions and sets readers on the path to answering them.' Claire Arnold, H-AlbionTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. What is a Marriage?: 1. A legal marriage?; 2. Couple beggars; Part II. Ways to Marriage: 3. Meeting and matching with a partner; 4. Courtship behaviour; 5. Breach of promise; 6. Abductions; Part III. Happy Ever After?: 7. Marital relations; 8. Adultery and sex outside marriage; 9. Bigamy; Part IV. The Unmaking of Marriage: 10. Marital violence; 11. Desertion; 12. Divorce; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Surviving a Shark Attack On Land
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Thats Not What I Meant How Conversational Style
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Squeezed
Book SynopsisOne of TIME’s Best New Books to Read This Summer“Brilliant—a keen, elegantly written, and scorching account of the American family today. Through vivid stories, sharp analysis and wit, Quart anatomizes the middle class’s fall while also offering solutions and hope.” — Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedFamilies today are squeezed on every side—from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular working hours. Many realize that attaining the standard of living their parents managed has become impossible.Alissa Quart, executive editor of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, examines the lives of many middle-class Americans who can now barely afford to raise children. Through gripping firsthand storytelling, Quart shows how our countr
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Heart Is a Shifting Sea
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Huddle
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Brooke Baldwin has always been a fierce promoter of women. Her first book, Huddle, is an exemplification of what happens when women have one another’s backs. If you want to understand the power that can be achieved when women come together to support one another, this is your book. If you want to be inspired by the ambition and tenacity of women, this is your book. If you want to experience the infectious enthusiasm of a woman delighting in her efforts to tell these remarkable stories, this is definitely your book." — Lisa Ling, executive producer and host of CNN's This Is Life with Lisa Ling "Like Brooke herself, Huddle uplifts women, encouraging them to believe in their collective power. A fun and inspiring read!" — Diane Von Furstenberg, fashion designer, philanthropist, and bestselling author "It’s a man’s world, but not for long if we tap into the power of Huddle. Women can be our own worst enemies or our greatest resource; Brooke has inspired me to keep fighting for women to shatter ceilings and set the menu at any table at which we find ourselves. What I love most about this book is that it reminds us that solidarity can indeed be contagious—and collaboration, especially among those who have been left out and left behind, can be transformative." — Alicia Garza, principal of the Black Futures Lab and cofounder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network "I have spent much of my life in a huddle on the soccer field, planning a winning strategy with other badass women. I know firsthand that Brooke Baldwin is right: magic happens after the huddle. I just finished Huddle, and I’m on fire. Brooke is the coach we need in precisely this moment. She reminds us that if we take the power of the huddle off the field and into the world, we will be unstoppable!" — Abby Wambach, Olympian, activist, and #1 bestselling author of Wolfpack "I wouldn’t be anywhere close to where I am today if not for my beautiful, powerful, badass huddle. And if you want to know why it’s the most important thing in life—that’s right, I said in life—do yourself and your huddle a favor and pick up this book." — Bozoma Saint John, CMO of Netflix, entrepreneur, and badass
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Screaming on the Inside
Book SynopsisNow, in Screaming on the Inside, Grose weaves together her personal journey with scientific, historical, and contemporary reporting to be the voice for American parents she wishes she’d had a decade ago.The truth is that parenting cannot follow a recipe;Trade Review"Fierce, timely, unflinching." — New York Times Book Review "If this book feels like it’s sounding the alarm on the state of American motherhood, well, that’s because it is." — San Francisco Chronicle "Journalist Grose weaves together history, memoir and interviews with hundreds of women to persuasively propose a saner future for all." — People "In the all-too-timely Screaming on the Inside, Jessica Grose is direct and bracing in her assessment of how horrifically the United States serves its mothers and, in turn, its children. Enraging and elucidating, it's also a pleasure to read." — Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger and writer-at-large for New York Magazine and The Cut "Like every mom, I, too, have screamed on the inside (and sometimes on the outside) while raising my four kids. I just want to do a good job—but that can feel like the impossible dream at times. Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood helps us understand how mothers got to this place of outsized expectations from society and from ourselves. Jessica Grose has spent a career talking with experts and parents and has now mined her wealth of knowledge to write a book that is long overdue." — Soledad O'Brien “Eminently readable…It takes a succinct and accessible book to open a conversation with people who may not otherwise read a book ‘about motherhood’…. Vindicates the frustration of American mothers, but is as crucial a read for those who have never changed a diaper in their lives.” — Boston Globe "This is the rare book that is both important for how we think about policy solutions to serious social problems, and also incredibly relatable and hard to put down." — Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet and The Family Firm “This is the book I've been waiting for on contemporary motherhood: historically rooted, incisive, empathic, furious, while always asking how we actually move forward. If you think Screaming on the Inside is just a book for moms, you're very wrong.” — Anne Helen Petersen, author of Out of the Office and Can’t Even and writer of Culture Study "Grose’s fiery compassion is matched by her profoundly complex understanding of the material and her trenchant, witty prose.... A deeply researched and highly relatable analysis of American motherhood, past and present." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Stirring. …Mothers struggling to keep their heads above water will find camaraderie in this empathetic outing.” — Publishers Weekly “It's hard to imagine a mother (or other) who won't feel seen somewhere in Grose's accessible, empathetic, data-driven report.” — Booklist “Melding personal narrative with clear-eyes reportage from the front lines, [Grose] works to redefine what exactly a ‘mother’ is, or should be, in a society that demands so much more from its childbearing women than it has to offer.” — Los Angeles Times “[Grose] breaks down all the expectations and leaves behind an analysis that will surely free any mother of the burden of doing it all.” — Shondaland “Compelling, razor-sharp, and deeply personal." — Christian Science Monitor
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc 15 Tools to Turn the Tide
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dear Dolly
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HarperCollins It Begins with You
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Penguin Putnam Inc Marriage a History
Book SynopsisJust when the clamor over traditional marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, What tradition? In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital debate.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Confidence Game
Book SynopsisIt’s a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime.”—Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White CityThink you can’t get conned? Think again. The New York Times bestselling author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes explains how to spot the con before they spot you.“[An] excellent study of Con Artists, stories & the human need to believe” –Neil Gaiman, via Twitter A compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and methods of con artists—and the people who fall for their cons over and over again. While cheats and swindlers may be a dime a dozen, true conmen—the Bernie Madoffs, the Jim Bakkers, the Lance Armstrongs—are elegant, outsized personalities, artists of persuasion and exploiters of trust. How do they do it? Why are they successful? And what keeps us falling for it, over and over again? These are the questions that journalist and psychologist Maria Konnikova tackles in her mesmerizing new book. From multimillion-dollar Ponzi schemes to small-time frauds, Konnikova pulls together a selection of fascinating stories to demonstrate what all cons share in common, drawing on scientific, dramatic, and psychological perspectives. Insightful and gripping, the book brings readers into the world of the con, examining the relationship between artist and victim. The Confidence Game asks not only why we believe con artists, but also examines the very act of believing and how our sense of truth can be manipulated by those around us.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Power Paradox
Book SynopsisA revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner argues that compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world.Power is ubiquitous—but totally misunderstood. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Dr. Dacher Keltner presents the very idea of power in a whole new light, demonstrating not just how it is a force for good in the world, but how—via compassion and selflessness—it is attainable for each and every one of us. It is taken for granted that power corrupts. This is reinforced culturally by everything from Machiavelli to contemporary politics. But how do we get power? And how does it change our behavior? So often, in spite of our best intentions, we lose our hard-won power. Enduring power comes from empathy and giving. Above all, power is given to us by other people. This is what we all too often forget, and it is the crux of the power paradox: by misunderstanding the behaviors that helped us to gain power in the first place we set ourselves up to fall from power. We abuse and lose our power, at work, in our family life, with our friends, because we've never understood it correctly—until now. Power isn't the capacity to act in cruel and uncaring ways; it is the ability to do good for others, expressed in daily life, and in and of itself a good thing. Dr. Keltner lays out exactly—in twenty original Power Principles—how to retain power; why power can be a demonstrably good thing; when we are likely to abuse power; and the terrible consequences of letting those around us languish in powerlessness.
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Penguin Life The Power of Nunchi The Korean Sixth Sense for
Book Synopsis“A must-read for anyone interested in the art of intuitively knowing what others feel.” —Haemin Sunim, bestselling author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down and Love for Imperfect Things “Euny Hong just taught me what I really want to be when I grow up: a nunchi ninja!” —Zoe Chance, bestselling author of Influence Is Your SuperpowerImprove your nunchi. Improve your life.Have you ever wondered why your less-skilled coworker gets promoted before you, or why that one woman from your yoga class is always surrounded by adoring friends? They probably have great nunchi. The art of reading a room and understanding what others are thinking and feeling, nunchi is a form of emotional intelligence that anyone can learn--all you need are your eyes and ears. Sherlock Holmes has great nunchi. Cats have great nunchi. Steve Jobs had great nunchi. With its focus on observing others rather tha
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Penguin Publishing Group Single
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The University of Chicago Press Until Choice Do Us Part
Book SynopsisFor centuries, people have been thinking and writing - and fiercely debating - about the meaning of marriage. This book offers a fresh account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the start of the twentieth century.Trade Review"In this fascinating and timely study, Clare Virginia Eby shines in her ability to bring us closer to the emotional and cultural aspects of the Progressive era, and her argument for marriage as a laboratory is extremely compelling. Until Choice Do Us Part will make a terrific addition to seminars on women and gender history, family history, and the history of sexuality-not to mention a number of other disciplines." (Jennifer Fronc, author of New York Undercover)"
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The University of Chicago Press No Place Like Home
Book SynopsisThis portrait of lesbian and gay relationships, seeks to capture the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a chosen family. Based on interviews and field evidence, it demonstrates how the couples must also struggle against forces undermining their relationships.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Feeding Lesbigay Families The Character of Feeding Work Feeding Work and the Creation of Gender, Class, Ethnic, and Family Identities 2. Housework in Lesbigay Families The Character of Housework Managing and Envisioning Housework Variations in Housework among Lesbigay Households Housework and Relationship Longevity 3. Housework and the Social Production of Lesbigay Family Kin Work among Lesbigay Families Kith as Family The Lesbigay Family Kin Keepers Variations in Kin Work Patterns Kin Work and the Creation of Family 4. Consumption Work in Lesbigay Families The Character of Consumption Work Variations in Consumption Work Sustaining Lesbigay Families through Consumption Work 5. The Division of Domestic Labor in Lesbigay Families The Egalitarian Myth The Egalitarian Pattern The Specialization Pattern Pragmatic Choices and the Sense of Fairness Conclusion: Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families Family Aspirations The Political Economy of Constructing Family Now You See It, Now You Don't: Gender and Domesticity Devalued and Invisible: Lesbigay Domesticity Marriage and Lesbigay Domesticity: Who Will Be Bound by the Ties that Bind? What Do Lesbigay Families Need to Prosper? Appendix A: Interview Guide Appendix B: Sample Characteristics References Index
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The University of Chicago Press In the Shadow of Marriage Gender Justice in an
Book SynopsisA comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1: Academic Narratives: Models and Methods in the Search for Meanings 2: The Gendered Dynamics of Households: Managing Resources, Procreation, and Marriage 3: Diverging Families: Social Stratification, Procreation, and Marriage 4: Pregnancy and Marriage: The World of Negotiation and Dispute 5: The Gendered World of Marriage: Claims of Desertion and Neglect 6: Untying the Knot: Public Dissolution and Division of Property 7: Final Partings: Institutional Encounters and the Shifting Boundaries of Law 8: Reconfiguring Law: A Differentiating Perspective App. A: Procreative Relationships and Marriage in Three Families App. B: Text for Teko Mere's Hearing App. C: Text for Nyana Segethsho's Hearing App. D: Text for the Kgosidintsis' Hearing App. E: Text for the Makokas' Hearing App. F: Text for Mmathari's and Tshotego's Hearing Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press In the Shadow of Marriage Gender and Justice in
Book SynopsisA comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.
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The University of Chicago Press Sexual Bargaining
Book SynopsisIs the institution of marriage in America breaking down? Is marriage as we have known it largely irrelevant? Are the forms of marriage changing? Are the changes in women's roles in society related to the breakdown, irrelevance, and formal alteration of marriage? In this updated edition of his fundamental study of modern marriage, John Scanzoni challenges the widespread assumption that marriage is a dying institution. By analyzing the reward seeking which generates conflicts between males and females, he shows that marriage indeed has a future but that its form will continue to change as sex-role equality emerges both within and outside of marriage.
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The University of Chicago Press Make Room for TV Television and the Family Ideal
Book SynopsisBetween 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set--and a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched. In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the formative years of the new medium: how, over the course of a single decade, television became an intimate part of everyday life. What did Americans expect from it? What effects did the new daily ritual of watching television have on children? Was television welcomed as an unprecedented window on the world, or as a one-eyed monster that would disrupt households and corrupt children? Drawing on an ambitious array of unconventional sources, from sitcom scripts to articles and advertisements in women's magazines, Spigel offers the fullest available account of the popular response to television in the postwar years. She chronicles the role of television as a focus for evolving debates on issues ranging from the ideal of the perfect family and chang
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University of Chicago Press The Color of Opportunity Pathways to Family
Book SynopsisThis work compares Chicago's inner city minorities with national populations of like race and ethnicity from a life course perspective. The authors find that blacks, whites, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans living in poor neighbourhoods differ in their experiences with early material deprivation.
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University of Illinois Press Fanti Kinship and the Analysis of Kinship
Book SynopsisAn authoritative analysis of kinship terminologiesTrade Review"The author applies evolved, forceful analytical methods to the Fanti and the book would seem set to become a standard text for anthropologists who seek a commanding introduction to what vigorous kinship analysis looks like at the beginning of the 21st century."--Anthropos“Kronenfeld’s mastery of Fanti kinship, including social, linguistic, and semantic aspects, is of the very highest quality. He has a wide and masterful knowledge of the details of the research he discusses. He exhibits total integrity in presenting data as well as objective criteria for its interpretation. The outcome is one of the richest descriptions and theoretical interpretations of how kinship terminology and behavior actually operate in society.”--A. Kimball Romney, research professor, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine"David Kronenfeld's Fanti Kinship and the Analysis of Kinship Terminologies is a ground-breaking and important addition to the anthropological literature on kinship systems, a formal analysis both of kinship terminologies and of social structures more generally, as well as an in-depth treatment of a particular ethnographic case. This book raises all the necessary questions about the nature and the goals of different versions of kinship theory and formal analysis, and at every turn it brings to bear Kronenfeld's splendid field ethnography. It should be an excellent textbook for new students; Kronenfeld makes it clear that formal analysis is relevant to the real issues of social and even political life."--F. K. Lehman (F. K. L. Chit Hlaing), professor of anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive science, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1PART 1 1. Fanti Kinship: The Structure of Terminology and Behavior 15 2. A Formal Analysis of Fanti Kinship Terminology (Ghana) 31 3. Particularistic or Universalistic Analyses of Fanti Kinterminology: The Alternative Goals of Terminological Analysis 53 4. Fanti Kinship Behavior: What a Fanti Needs to Know to Treat a Kinsman Correctly 71PART II 5. Context in the Late 1970s: Schneider, Needham, Scheffler, and Keesing 109 6. Morgan vs. Dorsey on the Omaha Cross-Parallel Contrast: Theoretical Implications 153 7. Comparison with Tax's Theoretic Approach (1980) 177 8. Krober vs. Radcliffe-Brown on Kinship Behavior: The Fanti Test Case 181PART III 9. The Uses of Formal Analysis re Cognitive and Social Issues 205 10. Computer Analysis of Skewed Kinship Terminologies 227 11. Using Sydney H. Gould's Formalization of Kinterminologies: Social Information, Skewing, and Structural Types 255PART IV 12. Sibling Typology: Beyond Nerlove and Romney 281 13. Fanti Kinship: Language, Inheritance, and Kin Groups 301 14. Some Observations Concerning Usage (1969) 319 Notes 325 References 349 Credits 361 Index 363
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MO - University of Illinois Press A Foreign Kingdom
Book SynopsisConsiders the ways in which Mormons and anti-Mormons both questioned and constructed ideas of the national body politic, citizenship, gender, the family, and American culture at large.Trade Review"Recommended."--Choice "Talbot has written an important book that both revives critical engagement with the public/private divide and expands our understanding of polygamy and Mormonism in nineteenth-century America. . . . a persuasive account of the centrality of Mormonism and polygamy to nineteenth-century politics and culture."--H-Net Reviews "By tracing the intricate connections between polygamy, theocracy, and freedom, Talbot adeptly reveals the problem of a totalizing religious culture in a liberal democracy."--The Journal of American History"Christine Talbot tackles the Mormon question by exploring nineteenth-century conceptions of Otherness and examining how Protestant Americans redefined their own ideals to distinguish themselves from the Mormon Other. A Foreign Kingdom is a treasure trove of secondary analysis and primary documents for students of American religious history and minority studies."--Nova Religio"Talbot makes a sophisticated and convincing argument that "anti-Mormons asserted that it was through the proper maintenance of the gendered public/private divide that people qualified for membership in the American body politic."--Western Historical Quarterly"Readers will appreciate the clarity of her writing; her careful attention to race, class, and gender; her insertion of Mormon history into broader dialogues."--Journal of Mormon History"Talbot pulls disparate strands of nineteenth-century political thought together in an account revealing what was really at stake in the battle over polygamy. Her insights are at times striking. She's succeeded in unfolding the underlying cultural logic that formed one of Mormonism's main challenges to the American state: its assault on a powerful configuration of the public/private binary, couched in the languages of constitutional religious liberty." --American Historical Review"One of the most important studies of nineteenth-century Mormon polygamy, thanks to Talbot's erudite, nuanced, interdisciplinary approach."--D. Michael Quinn, author of Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example
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University of Washington Press Family Revolution
Book SynopsisAs state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China.Trade Review"For those who do not study contemporary China or for those who need English translations or subtitles to gain access to these stories and films, this book is a gold mine...[B]ecause Xiao so frequently engages European social theory and film criticism, the book addresses the urgent need to integrate Chinese experiences and analyses into intellectual discourse that focuses primarily on the literature and films of the Americas and Europe." -- Deborah Davis * Journal of Asian Studies *"Hui Faye Xiao makes a significant contribution to recent scholarship on the cultural representation of marital strife in contemporary China….Combining insightful aesthetic understanding of literature and visual culture with a savvy engagement of knowledge from sociology and cultural anthropology, Xiao’s book presents important scholarship on the gendered reading of postsocialist Chinese modernity with a genealogical approach." -- Yipeng Shen * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture *"Through the lense of divorce narratives in literature and visual culture, the book produces an in-depth cultural study of the 'family revolution' in the People’s Republic of China between 1980 and 2010.... Divorce culture, as [Xiao's] skillful reading shows, reveals postsocialist subjects’ eager desire to move forward to a utopic future, but it always fails to deliver in reality.... Family Revolution is a well-researched book with a coherent structure, theoretically informed arguments, and intriguing close reading, making it a wonderful addition to the scholarship on postsocialist Chinese culture and/or Chinese women’s and gender studies." -- Ping Zhu * H-Asia (H-Net) *"Xiao is to be lauded for offering this thought-provoking volume, which analyzes “family” as a historically-situated and ideologically-mediated social institution with multifarious meanings vis-à-vis the postsocialist Chinese state-market-culture nexus." -- Yipeng Shen * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Divorcing the Rural 2. Midlife Crisis and Misogynist Rhetoric 3. Utopia or Dystopia? 4. What Quality Do Chinese Wives Lack? 5. Seeking Second Chances in a Risk Society 6. A New Divorce Culture Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes Bibliography Index
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Yale University Press On Marriage
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Hachette Books Tender Bar
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WW Norton & Co At the Center of All Beauty Solitude and the
Book Synopsis“A treasure that I didn’t know I was looking for.” —Rabih Alameddine, author of The Angel of HistoryTrade Review"I love Fenton Johnson’s sensibility. It’s a joy and a balm to see the world through his eyes—and to rediscover solitude as our deepest and most powerful source of creativity and spirituality, even for people who are coupled." -- Susan Cain, author of Quiet and Quiet Power"In this lyrical yet finely argued book, Johnson sets out to show that being alone—so different from loneliness, its direct opposite, in fact—is absolutely essential to the creative life.… Meticulous, loving prose." -- Kathryn Hughes - New York Times Book Review"A work of staggering tenderness, intelligence and beauty…a new vision of self, community and home. This achingly honest and gorgeously written book should come with a warning: It will change you." -- Harriet Lerner, PhD, author of The Dance of Anger"[A] flexible and forgiving approach to the subject of solitude.… [A] thoughtful exploration." -- Geoff Wisner - Wall Street Journal"A fluid pastiche of memoir, social critique, literary criticism, mystical insights, and philosophical reflections.… [P]oetic yet profoundly accessible." -- Brian Bromberger - Bay Area Reporter"“In studies of the lives of beloved artists, and in beautiful meditations on his own life, Fenton Johnson encourages us to understand solitariness as consecration, a fecund, rich condition for the pursuit of beauty. Fenton Johnson’s writing is so companionable and wise that it enacts what it counsels… it converts sterile loneliness to creative solitude." -- Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You"Part memoir, part critical study of writers and artists, part queer manifesto, At the Center of All Beauty is about Fenton Johnson’s effort to live deliberately, which in his case means alone.… This is a beautifully written book.… Reading At the Center of All Beauty, I came to see that each of us, single or coupled, has access to an interior life, a center of beauty, if only, as Johnson forcefully argues, we are not afraid of silence, of listening, of solitude, and what it has to teach us." -- Daniel Burr - Gay and Lesbian Review"In a tone that’s warm, philosophical but familiar (this could be a conversation over tea or bourbon), Johnson touches on topics as varied as traveling alone, world religions, his parents and the Trappist monks next door, the monastic life, time as an illusion, the practice of celibacy, the gift of silence. It is a book for our times." -- Christine Wald-Hopkins - Arizona Daily Star"A case Johnson makes through his quiet, heart-full prose is that solitude is a wellspring for creativity that we would do well to pay more attention to. It is a message I didn’t know how desperate I was to hear so magnificently articulated until I read it." -- Chris La Tray - Rumpus"In these times of enforced solitude, what better book to shelter in place with than this one, which squarely places you At the Center of All Beauty." -- Camille Cusumano - Medium
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WW Norton & Co Friendship
Book SynopsisA Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Nonfiction Book of Winter 2020 and a Real Simple Best Book of 2020 “Accessible and enlightening.… Denworth has crafted a worthy call to action.” —Washington PostTrade Review"[Denworth] has a solid command of the complex material before her and a seemingly effortless ability to make it not just digestible but engaging.… [She] sticks to the science, calmly telling us the truth no matter what we think we need to hear. What else are friends for?" -- Daniel Akst - Wall Street Journal"A fascinating deep dive into the societal, emotional, and health benefits of our everyday relationships." -- Real Simple"Exploring friendship’s opposite—loneliness—throws the topic into poignant relief.… [I]nformative." -- Kathryn Bowers - New York Times Book Review"A mind-blowing book about the science and power of friendship." -- Dax Shepard - Armchair Expert"Friendship is one of my favorite books of the year; it delivers that rare combination of storytelling, research, and affirmation that friendships should be nurtured and treasured." -- Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure"Compelling." -- Susannah Cahalan - New York Post"[One of] my top picks for books that have the potential to have a lasting impact on your thoughts and actions." -- Adam Grant - Marker"Hopeful.… [Lydia] Denworth blends her reportage with occasional asides about her friendships.… [A] useful reminder that each friendship is different, perhaps impossible for any scientist to parse completely." -- Danny Heitman - Washington Examiner"[A] lively, accessible look at what makes the universal bond so essential." -- Hephzibah Anderson - Mail on Sunday"The power of friendship—in many ways the most essential of our relationships—has long been underestimated. It’s an absolute pleasure to see Lydia Denworth do it justice in this lovely, insightful, and important book." -- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Poison Squad
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Random House USA Inc The Politics of Experience
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Harmony/Rodale How to Be Married What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents about Building a Happy Marriage
Book SynopsisEveryone tells you marriage is hard, but no one tells you what to do about it.At age thirty-four, Jo Piazza got her romantic-comedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galápagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long, Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world where you no longer need to be married? How does an independent, strong-willed feminist become someone’s partner—all the time?In the tradition of writers such as Nora Ephron and Elizabeth Gilbert, award-winning journalist and nationally bestselling author Jo Piazza writes a provocative memoir of a real first year of marriage that will forever change the way we look at matrimony. A travel editor constantly on the move, Jo journeys to twenty countries on five continents to figure out what modern marriage means. Throughout this stunning, funny, warm, and wise personal narrative, she gleans wisdom fro
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Random House USA Inc Sex Matters How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with
Book SynopsisAuthor of the New York Times bestseller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the countryIn this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways feminism fails us at home, in the workplace, and in our personal relationships--by promising that we can have it all, do it all, and be it all. Here, she upends the feminist agenda and the liberal conversation surrounding women's issues by asking tough and crucial questions, such as: Did women's full equality require the total destruction of the nuclear family?Did it require a sexual revolution that would dismantle traditions of modesty, courtship, and fidelity that had characterized relations between the sexes for centuries?Did it cause the broken dating culture and the rape crisis on our college campuses? Did it require war between
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