Family in Transition

by Skolnick, Arlene S.; Skolnick, Jerome H.

• ISBN13: 9780205418237
• ISBN10: 0205418236
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This best-selling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends, places them in historical context, and balances cutting-edge scholarship with perennial favorites. Many selections support the authors claim of a "triple revolution" transforming contemporary family life: the move to a postindustrial service and information economy; a life course revolution brought about by reduced mortality and fertility; and psychological changes rooted in rising educational levels.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction: Family in Transition	1	(10)
PART ONE The Changing Family	11	(82)
Families Past and Present	14	(35)
``The Theoretical Importance of the Family''	14	(12)
William J. Goode
``The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life''	26	(6)
Anthony Giddens
``The Life Course Revolution''	32	(8)
Arlene Skolnick
``What We Really Miss about the 1950s''	40	(9)
Stephanie Coontz
Public Debates and Private Lives	49	(44)
``The Mommy Wars: Ambivalence, Ideological Work, and the Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood''	49	(17)
Sharon Hays
``Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views''	66	(19)
Janet Z. Giele
``Should the Government Promote Marriage?''	85	(8)
Andrew J. Cherlin
PART TWO Sex and Gender	93	(158)
Changing Gender Roles	97	(34)
``Destined for Equality''	97	(8)
Robert M. Jackson
``Children of the Gender Revolution: Some Theoretical Questions and Findings from the Field''	105	(12)
Kathleen Gerson
``Men's Family Work: Child-Centered Fathering and the Sharing of Domestic Labor''	117	(14)
Scott Coltrane
Michele Adams
Sexuality and Society	131	(30)
``Raging Hormones, Regulated Love: Adolescent Sexuality in the United States and the Netherlands''	131	(5)
Amy T. Schalet
``Sexual Revolution(s)''	136	(17)
Beth Bailey
``The Case of Lawrence v. Texas: A Milestone for Gay Rights''	153	(8)
Courtship and Marriage	161	(36)
``Dating Scripts Revisited''	161	(9)
Mary Riege Laner
Nicole A. Ventrone
``Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail''	170	(10)
Arlene Skolnick
``Cohabitation''	180	(10)
Lynne M. Casper
Suzanne M. Bianchi
``The Future of Marriage''	190	(7)
Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
Divorce and Remarriage	197	(54)
``Divorce Culture: A Quest for Relational Equality in Marriage''	197	(12)
Karla B. Hackstaff
``Children's Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives''	209	(23)
Joan B. Kelly
Robert E. Emery
``The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities''	232	(19)
Mary Ann Mason
PART THREE Parents and Children	251	(82)
Parenthood	254	(45)
``New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers''	254	(20)
Philip Cowan
Carolyn Pape Cowan
``Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States''	274	(8)
Dan Clawson
Naomi Gerstel
``Transracial and Open Adoption: New Forms of Family Relationships''	282	(8)
Mary Lyndon Shanley
``The Four Facets of Fatherhood''	290	(9)
Nicholas Townsend
Childhood	299	(34)
``Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood as a Social and Cultural Construct''	299	(13)
Steven Mintz
``What Children Think about Their Working Parents''	312	(11)
Ellen Galinsky
``How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations''	323	(10)
Vern L. Bengston
Timothy J. Biblarz
Robert E. L. Roberts
PART FOUR Families in Society	333	(173)
Work and Family	337	(59)
``Families on the Fault Line''	337	(17)
Lillian B. Rubin
``Family Values against the Odds''	354	(15)
Katherine S. Newman
``The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home''	369	(7)
Arlie Hochschild
Anne Machung
``Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families? Explaining Trends in Work, Leisure and Family Time''	376	(20)
Jerry A. Jacobs
Kathleen Gerson
Dimensions of Diversity	396	(86)
``Diversity within African American Families''	396	(24)
Ronald L. Taylor
``Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science''	420	(26)
Maxine Baca Zinn
Barbara Wells
``You'll Never Walk Alone': Lesbian and Gay Weddings and the Authenticity of the Same-Sex Couple''	446	(15)
Ellen Lewin
``'The Normal American Family' as an Interpretive Structure of Family Life among Grown Children of Korean and Vietnamese Immigrants''	461	(21)
Karen Pyke
Trouble in the Family	482	(24)
``Why Do They Do It?''	482	(14)
Kristin Luker
``Few Good Men: Why Poor Mothers Stay Single''	496	(10)
Kathryn Edin
``Research on Domestic Violence: Making Distinctions''	506
Michael P. Johnson
Kathleen J. Ferraro