Family in Transition
by Skolnick, Arlene S.; Skolnick, Jerome H.Edition: 15th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary
This best-selling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends and places them in historical context. New topics include: changing family demographic over the course of U.S. history, why gay men and women want to marry, the decline of dating and the rise of hooking up, adoption past and present, how a 24/7 ecomomy affects families, financial pressures on middle-class mothers and fathers, gay and lesbian families, and the families of prison inmates.Anyone looking for a collection of classic and contemporary readings on the sociology of the family.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Changing Family | p. 11 |
| Families Past and Present | p. 13 |
| The Theoretical Importance of the Family | p. 13 |
| The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life | p. 25 |
| The Life Course Revolution | p. 31 |
| The Family in Trouble: Since When? For Whom? | p. 40 |
| Public Debates and Private Lives | p. 57 |
| The Mommy Wars: Ambivalence, Ideological Work, and the Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood | p. 57 |
| Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views | p. 76 |
| Sex and Gender | p. 97 |
| Changing Gender Roles | p. 101 |
| Destined for Equality | p. 101 |
| What Do Women and Men Want? | p. 109 |
| The Conservative Christian Family and the "Feminist Revolution" | p. 114 |
| Sexuality and Society | p. 125 |
| Sexual Revolution(s) | p. 125 |
| The Decline of the Date and the Rise of the College Hook Up | p. 141 |
| Courtship and Marriage | p. 153 |
| Cohabitation | p. 153 |
| Alternative Unions and the Independent Life Stage | p. 164 |
| American Marriage in the Early Twenty-First Century | p. 171 |
| Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail | p. 192 |
| Divorce and Remarriage | p. 203 |
| Divorce: The "Silent Revolution" | p. 203 |
| Children's Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives | p. 210 |
| The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities | p. 233 |
| Parents and Children | p. 251 |
| Parenthood | p. 255 |
| New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers | p. 255 |
| Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States | p. 275 |
| The Four Facets of Fatherhood | p. 283 |
| Childhood and Youth | p. 293 |
| Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood as a Social and Cultural Construct | p. 293 |
| Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life | p. 306 |
| How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations | p. 318 |
| A Longer Road to Adulthood | p. 328 |
| Families in Society | p. 343 |
| Work and Family Life | p. 349 |
| The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home | p. 349 |
| The Work-Home Crunch | p. 356 |
| The Rhetoric and Reality of "Opting Out" | p. 365 |
| Family and the Economy | p. 375 |
| Families on the Fault Line | p. 375 |
| The Economy That Never Sleeps | p. 392 |
| Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke | p. 399 |
| Dimensions of Diversity | p. 419 |
| Diversity within African American Families | p. 419 |
| Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science | p. 443 |
| Cultural Diversity and Aging Families | p. 469 |
| Gay and Lesbian Families: Queer Like Us | p. 480 |
| Trouble in the Family | p. 503 |
| Prisoners' Families and Children | p. 503 |
| Unmarried with Children | p. 520 |
| Domestic Violence: The Intersection of Gender and Control | p. 527 |
| Credits | p. 539 |
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