Grandmothers - The Changing Culture

List of contents

Acknowledgement, Preface: Why grandmothers?, VETERAN GRANDMOTHERS, Calling all grandparents, Watching the family unfold, The long march, Starting all over again, What revolution: whose revolution?, Diary of a supergran, A continuous revolution, EXPERIENCED HANDS, Finding out what is important, The step-grandmother's experience, Where were you in the revolution, Granny?, On being a grandmother, Where have the neighbours gone?, A grandmother dispossessed, Our changing lives, Generation to generation, NEWER RECRUITS, Going down my Nan's, Grandma: Mark 2000, The new grandmother, My friend Cato, Handing on, Losing a son without gaining a daughter, Countdown to becoming a granny for the 21st Century, GRANDMOTHERS-IN-WAITING, Contemplating grandmotherhood, The grandmother manqué, Waiting fairly patiently, APPENDICES, Notes, References

About the author

Dench, Geoff

Summary

Greater involvement of grandmothers in caring for children has seemed to offer a solution to many social problems, such as the effect of "parenting deficits" on children. This text discusses how today's grandmothers are changing the image and role that they filled in the past.

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Dench, Dench Geoff
• Assisted by: Geoff Dench (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138524538
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52453-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships