The family in question : changing households and familiar ideologies /
Diana Gittins.
- 2nd ed.
- Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1993.
- ix,208p. ; 23cm.
- Women in society .
- Women in society .
Previous ed.: 1985. Bibliography: p186-201. _ Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 186-201.
Introduction: questioning the family -- 1.How have families changed? -- 2.Is patriarchy relevant in understanding families? -- 3.What is the family? Is it universal? -- 4.Why do people marry? -- 5.Why do people have children? -- 6.Why is woman's work never done? -- 7.The state: creator or destroyer of family solidarity? -- 8.Is the family in a state of crisis? -- 9.Why do men abuse children sexually?
After a decade of Thatcherism, rising illegitimacy and the moral panic over child abuse, the family is more of a political issue than ever before. But is it the "family" that is in crisis, or family ideology? This second edition includes historical, anthropological and feminist evidence.