Public and Private Families: A Reader

by CHERLIN A

• ISBN13: 9780072319927
• ISBN10: 0072319925
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-13
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Public and Private Families: A Reader, Second Editionexamines the family through two lenses -- the familiar private family in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family in which we, as adults, deal with broader societal issues such as raising the next generation and the care of the elderly. Consequently the selected readings look both at intimate personal concerns, such as whether to marry, as well as societal concerns, such as governmental policies that affect families. The author introduces each chapter, providing helpful lead-ins to the readings that follow. The 32 readings in this edition are comprised of a well-balanced mix of highly accessible selections from the popular press as well as articles from scholarly journals.This reader serves as an excellent companion to other texts in the sociology of marriage and the family and as a useful source of information on its own. It is an excellent supplement to Cherlin's text, Public and Private Families: An Introduction. Its 16 chapters, which address contemporary issues such as the history of the family, welfare and welfare reform, divorce and stepparenting are keyed to the 16 chapters in Cherlin's text.

Table of Contents

Public and Private Families: A Reader

Part One: Introduction

1. Public and Private Families

Sara McLanahan and Lynne Casper, "Growing Diversity and Inequality in the American Family"

Alan Wolfe, "The Culture War Within"

2. The History of the Family

Elaine Tyler May, "Cold War, Warm Hearth"

Steve Mintz, "From Patriarchy to Androgeny and Other Myths: Placing Men's Family Roles in Historical Perspective"

3. Gender and Families

Jessie Bernard, "The Good-Provider Role--Its Rise and Fall"

Marjorie DeVault, "Feeding as Women's Work"

Part Two: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and the State

4. Class

Susan Sheehan, "Ain't No Middle Class"

Mary Patillo-McCoy, "The Black Middle Class"

5. Race and Ethnicity

Katherine S. Newman, "Family Values"

Lillian B. Rubin, "Families on the Fault Line"

6. Family and the State

Andrew J. Cherlin, "How Is the 1996 Welfare Reform Law Affect Poor Families?"

Paula England and Nancy Folbre, "Who Should Pay for the Kids?"

Part Three: Sexuality, Partnership, and Marriage

7. Sexuality and Love

Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata, "Sex and Society"

Pepper Schwartz and Virginia Rutter, "Sexual Desire and Gender"

8. Family Formation

Ellen K. Rothman, "In Our Own Time, 1920-1980"

Kristin Luker, "Dubious Conceptions: The War over Teen Pregnancy"

9. Spouses and Partners

Francesca M. Cancian, "From Role to Self: The Emergence of Androgynous Love in the 20th Century"

Jay Belsky and John Kelly, "The His and Hers Transition"

Part Four: Power, Conflict, and Disruption

10.Work and Families

Andrew J. Cherlin, "The Transformation of Motherhood"

Arlie Hochschild, "Joey's Problem: Nancy and Evan Holt"

11. Domestic Violence

Kersti A. Yllo, "Through a Feminist Lens: Gender, Power, and Violence"

Douglas J. Besharov with Lisa A. Laumann, "Don't Call It Child Abuse If It's Really Poverty"

12. Divorce

Eleanor E. Maccoby and Robert H. Mnookin, "The Parental Divorce: Coparenting Before and After Separation"

Terry Arendell, "Downward Mobility"

13. Remarriage

Jamie k. Keshet, "The Remarried Couple: Stresses and Successes"

Lynn White, "Stepfamilies Over the Life Course: Social Support"

Part Five: Links Across the Generations

14. Children and Parents

Alex Kotlowitz, "There Are No Children Here"

Elizabeth Bartholet, "Blood Knots: Adoption, Reproduction, and the Politics of the Family"

15. The Elderly and Their Families

John R. Logan and Glenna D. Spitze, "Extending the Family"

Samuel H. Preston, "Children and the Elderly in the United States"

16. Social Change and Families

Janet Z. Giele, "Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views"

Steven L. Nock, "The Problem with Marriage"