Feminism and Families

by Nelson,Hilde Lindemann

• ISBN13: 9780415912549
• ISBN10: 0415912547
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-12-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A ground-breaking volume of all new essays covering the conjunction of two topics--feminism and families--that, for all their centrality in our culture, have not been adequately examined in light of one another. While the family has suffered feminist neglect, most womenarein fact members of families, living their lives within the social context of families, even at a time when the concept of "family" has become bewilderingly unstable. The intersection of families and feminism is thus one in need of philosophical reflection, as a basis both for good public policy and for the ethical relationships of intimate life. Contributors: Bat-Ami Bar On, Francoise Baylis, Judith Bradford, Cheshire Calhoun, Sidney Callahan, Jocelyn Downie, John Hardwig, Judith Hughes, Patricia Mann, Diana Meyers, Mary Midgley, Michelle Moody-Adams, Susan Moller Okin, Laura Purdy, Mary Romero, Sara Ruddick, Crispin Sartwell, and Naomi Zack, Linda Nicholson.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
Hilde Lindemann Nelson
I. HISTORIES	13	(42)
Families and Feminist Theory: Some Past and Present Issues	13	(14)
Susan Moller Okin
The Myth of the Traditional Family	27	(16)
Linda Nicholson
"The Family" and Radical Family Theory	43	(12)
Naomi Zack
II. THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY	55	(50)
Are Families Out of Date?	55	(14)
Mary Midgley
Judith Hughes
Babystrike!	69	(7)
Laura M. Purdy
Feminism by Any Other Name	76	(14)
Michele M. Moody--Adams
Fluid Families: The Role of Children in Custody Arrangements	90	(15)
Elise L. E. Robinson
Hilde Lindemann Nelson
James Lindemann Nelson
III. INTIMATE KNOWINGS	105	(26)
Privacy, Self--Knowledge, and Pluralistic Communes: An Invitation to the Epistemology of the Family	105	(11)
John Hardwig
Addiction and Knowledge: Epistemic Disease and the Hegemonic Family	116	(15)
Judith Bradford
Crispin Sartwell
IV. WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT?	131	(42)
Family Outlaws: Rethinking the Connections between Feminism, Lesbianism, and the Family	131	(20)
Cheshire Calhoun
Who Takes Care of the Maid's Children? Exploring the Costs of Domestic Service	151	(22)
Mary Romero
V. FAMILIES AND MEDICINE	173	(32)
Child Abuse and Neglect: Cross--Cultural Considerations	173	(15)
Francoise Baylis
Jocelyn Downie
Gays, Lesbians, and the Use of Alternate Reproductive Technologies	188	(17)
Sidney Callahan
VI. IMAGES WE DON'T NEED	205	(50)
The Idea of Fatherhood	205	(16)
Sara Ruddick
Sexuality, the Family, and Nationalism	221	(14)
Bat--Ami Bar On
The Family Romance: A Fin--de--Siecle Tragedy	235	(20)
Diana Tietjens Meyers
Contributors	255	(4)
Index	259