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The family in question : changing households and familiar ideologies / Diana Gittins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Women in society | Women in societyPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1993.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix,208p. ; 23cmISBN:
  • 9780333545690 (cased) :
  • 9780333545706 (pbk) :
  • 0333545702 (pbk) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.85 GIT
Contents:
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?
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.85 GIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 102334

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.

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