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New Family ?

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Informationen zum Autor Carol Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. Her publications include: The Ties that Bind: Law, Marriage and the Reproduction of Patriarchal Relations (1984); Feminism and the Power of Law (1989); and Regulating Womanhood: Historical Essays on Marriage, Motherhood and Sexuality (edited, 1992). Klappentext Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather than simply seeing change as dangerous and undesirable. Zusammenfassung Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families! and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are! illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously! rather than simply seeing change as dangerous and undesirable. Inhaltsverzeichnis The `New¿ Practices and Politics of Family Life - Elizabeth B Silva and Carol Smart Risk and Family Practices - David Morgan Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life Resourcing the Family - Sarah Irwin Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation Transforming Housewifery - Elizabeth B Silva Dispositions, Practices and Technologies A Passion for `Sameness¿ - Gillian Dunne Sexuality and Gender Accountability Everyday Experiments - Jeffrey Weeks, Catherine Donovan and Brian Heaphy Narratives of Non-Heterosexual Relationships The `New¿ Parenthood - Carol Smart Fathers and Mothers after Divorce Generational Ties in the `New¿ Family - Joanna Bornat et al Changing Contexts for Traditional Obligations Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts - Mary Chamberlain A Lateral Perspective on Caribbean Families Reconsidering Children and Childhood - Julia Brannen Sociological and Policy Perspectives ...

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