Family in Transition

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

• ISBN13: 9780205578771
• ISBN10: 0205578772
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This best-selling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends and places them in historical context. New topics include: changing family demographic over the course of U.S. history, why gay men and women want to marry, the decline of dating and the rise of hooking up, adoption past and present, how a 24/7 ecomomy affects families, financial pressures on middle-class mothers and fathers, gay and lesbian families, and the families of prison inmates.Anyone looking for a collection of classic and contemporary readings on the sociology of the family.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Changing Family	p. 11
Families Past and Present	p. 13
The Theoretical Importance of the Family	p. 13
The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life	p. 25
The Life Course Revolution	p. 31
The Family in Trouble: Since When? For Whom?	p. 40
Public Debates and Private Lives	p. 57
The Mommy Wars: Ambivalence, Ideological Work, and the Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood	p. 57
Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views	p. 76
Sex and Gender	p. 97
Changing Gender Roles	p. 101
Destined for Equality	p. 101
What Do Women and Men Want?	p. 109
The Conservative Christian Family and the "Feminist Revolution"	p. 114
Sexuality and Society	p. 125
Sexual Revolution(s)	p. 125
The Decline of the Date and the Rise of the College Hook Up	p. 141
Courtship and Marriage	p. 153
Cohabitation	p. 153
Alternative Unions and the Independent Life Stage	p. 164
American Marriage in the Early Twenty-First Century	p. 171
Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail	p. 192
Divorce and Remarriage	p. 203
Divorce: The "Silent Revolution"	p. 203
Children's Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives	p. 210
The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities	p. 233
Parents and Children	p. 251
Parenthood	p. 255
New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers	p. 255
Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States	p. 275
The Four Facets of Fatherhood	p. 283
Childhood and Youth	p. 293
Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood as a Social and Cultural Construct	p. 293
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life	p. 306
How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations	p. 318
A Longer Road to Adulthood	p. 328
Families in Society	p. 343
Work and Family Life	p. 349
The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home	p. 349
The Work-Home Crunch	p. 356
The Rhetoric and Reality of "Opting Out"	p. 365
Family and the Economy	p. 375
Families on the Fault Line	p. 375
The Economy That Never Sleeps	p. 392
Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke	p. 399
Dimensions of Diversity	p. 419
Diversity within African American Families	p. 419
Diversity within Latino Families: New Lessons for Family Social Science	p. 443
Cultural Diversity and Aging Families	p. 469
Gay and Lesbian Families: Queer Like Us	p. 480
Trouble in the Family	p. 503
Prisoners' Families and Children	p. 503
Unmarried with Children	p. 520
Domestic Violence: The Intersection of Gender and Control	p. 527
Credits	p. 539
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