Marriage & Family

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, the essays in Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images are oriented around the idea that images of childhood can be understood within three dimensions: time, space, and discipline. Time refers to both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939282316Author Deborah a KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Miniver PressPublisher Miniver PressWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783656363040Author Antje ReichertFormat PaperbackImprint Grin PublishingPublisher Grin PublishingWeight(grams) 86g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356143593Author Andrew LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 345g

Reproduction is the most emotionally complicated human activity. It transforms lives but it also creates fears and anxieties about women whose childbearing doesn't conform to the norm. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890427863Author Michael J R SchindlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Aviva PublishingPublisher Aviva PublishingWeight(grams) 263g

Daddy, We Need You Now! focuses on the Black family and the patterns of socialization within it. It validates the role of 'responsible' fathers and provides empirical evidence that responsible fathers will make a positive difference in the lives of Black...

India has an intricate cultural history that extends over thousands of years. Over the past century, however, increasing modernization, along with its associated demographic shifts, has led to substantial changes in its family structures and norms...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725262188Author Gary E BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams) 77g

This book focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality. Women are disadvantaged in both paid and domestic work, due in large part to being primarily responsible for duties within the domestic sphere. The COVID-19...

The second edition of Andrea Doucet's Do Men Mother? builds upon the award winning first edition to further illuminate fathers' candid reflections on caring and the intricate social worlds that men and women inhabit as they 'love and let go' of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953788054Author Courtney BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Beyond the Book Media LLCPublisher Beyond the Book Media LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Mothers of children with Attention Deficit Disorder must inevitably make decisions regarding their children's diagnosis within a context of competing discourses about the nature of the disorder and the legitimacy of its treatment. They also make these...

Spaces and Politics of Motherhood offers a fresh perspective on maternity based on original qualitative research from the United Kingdom and the United States. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, an analysis of parenting websites and policy...

Over time and space, sociology has given varying importance to the study of the house. The house is often a locus of special attention when a couple is formed, and the investments made in a neolocal residence constitute a complex social fact. There is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805247319Author K M BasawarajappaFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Independent AuthorPublisher Independent AuthorWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725262171Author Gary E BellFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint Resource Publications (CA)Publisher Resource Publications (CA)Weight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646046683Author Amber ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218152031Author Nancy HoustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Clear Wind PublishingPublisher Clear Wind PublishingWeight(grams) 86g

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work examines the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs. Michelle Napierski-Prancl explores shared and divergent...

Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861513373Author Frances WilliamFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 30mm

Until recently, domestic violence, as it has been referred to, was a problem to be dealt with inside the family. In this ground-breaking work, Hattery's unique approach provides a detailed theoretical discussion of race, class, and gender-effects on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935271130Author Sophia RuahFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Ideas Into Books WestviewPublisher Ideas Into Books WestviewWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512800777Author James H S BossardFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania...

This book explores a deeply personal aspect of globalization: the adoption of Asian children by white Americans. It is based on dozens of interviews with adoptive mothers and adoption social workers, nearly two hundred letters and essays written by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789352019717Author Aakash MehrotraFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Jufic BooksPublisher Jufic BooksWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580051293Author Miriam PeskowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782030254875Author Shazia PerweenFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint CerebratePublisher CerebrateWeight(grams) 249g

Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a...

The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the increase of single mothers and the decline in marriage in the black community, Roberta Coles paints a nuanced picture of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950124015Author Julian Esteban Torres LopezFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NasionaPublisher NasionaWeight(grams) 263g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785320002Author Jane BridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint DIB BooksPublisher DIB BooksWeight(grams) 127g

Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone African and Caribbean women in their respective societies. It argues that marriage serves as a catalyst for...

What are the social and cultural features that have the most impact on the interpretation of the legal standard, "best interest of the child"? One method for answering this question is through a comparison of two societies, Sweden and the...

This book explores a deeply personal aspect of globalization: the adoption of Asian children by white Americans. It is based on dozens of interviews with adoptive mothers and adoption social workers, nearly two hundred letters and essays written by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594481703Author Judith WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Riverhead BooksPublisher Riverhead BooksWeight(grams) 376g

Based on numerous interviews with people from both good and failed marriages, his own experience, and years of thinking about the subject, philosopher/marriage counsellor Richard Taylor has developed a set of compelling proposals for reforming marriage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441521040Author Marie Duncan-WagersFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 118g

The second edition of Race and Family maintains the book's distinctive feature-introducing students to key concepts through a structural lens-while featuring new material throughout. Race and Family focuses on structural factors impacting all families,...