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Zusatztext "Recommended." Informationen zum Autor Elinor Ochs is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Applied Linguistics at UCLA and the author of Linguaggio e Cultura ! co-author of Constructing Panic and Living Narrative ! and co-editor of Handbook of Language Socialization . Her awards include the MacArhur Fellowship! Guggenheim Fellowship! and Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tamar Kremer-Sadlik is Social Sciences Director of Programs and Director of Research for the Center on Everyday Lives of Families (CELF) at UCLA. Klappentext "The CELF study is a monumental achievement! an inestimable contribution to the field of ethnography and to an understanding of the lives of dual-career! middle-class American families. This book! which brings together many of the study's key findings! is sure to be an instant classic."-Deborah Tannen! Professor of Linguistics! Georgetown University "The research done by CELF was truly extraordinary and creatively done. They obtained a wealth of data unparalleled in social science research. This collection will be enormously useful."-Barbara Schneider! Hannah Distinguished Professor! Michigan State University "Recommended."--B. Weston"Choice" (08/01/2013) Zusammenfassung Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Introduction Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 1. Coming Home Elinor Ochs and Belinda Campos 2. At Home Anthony P. Graesch 3. Dinner Elinor Ochs and Margaret Beck 4. Mountains of Things Jeanne E. Arnold 5. Housework Wendy Klein! Carolina Izquierdo! and Thomas N. Bradbury 000 6. Chores Wendy Klein and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 7. Homework and Recreation Tamar Kremer-Sadlik and Kris Gutiérrez 8. Nurturing Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Charles Goodwin 9. Stress Rena Repetti! Darby Saxbe! and Shu-wen Wang 10. Health as a Family Matter Linda C. Garro 11. Time for Family Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 12. The Good Enough Family Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik Appendix: The CELF Study References List of Contributors Index ...
