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Culture, Creation, and Procreation: Concepts of Kinship in South Asian Practice by Aparnu Rao 9781571819116
RRP: $224.70$181.80As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical... -
Creative Land: Place and Procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea by James Leach 9781571816931
RRP: $58.70$47.42"The ethnography is full of interesting observations and novel information, and repays a close reading with a vivid sense of the distinctiveness of Reite social life, intensely local but reminiscent of a much wider field of peoples in the Southwest... -
Bordering Intimacy: Postcolonial Governance and the Policing of Family by Joe Turner 9781526146960
RRP: $178.50$126.36Bordering intimacy explores the interconnected role of borders and dominant forms of family intimacy in the governance of postcolonial states. Combining a historical investigation with postcolonial, decolonial and black feminist theory, the book reveals... -
Mirror Of Love, The: A Rediscovery Of True Love & Human Sexuality Within A Happy Marriage & Family by Joachim Chee-Kong Chu 9789814556736
RRP: $44.10$38.75Current cultural practices have impoverished the true meaning of human love. This book provides a point of reference on human passion and sexuality with pristine clarity. It aims to promote the dignity of marital love, clarify human sexuality based on... -
Modern Couples?: Continuity and Change in Heterosexual Relationships by Jenny van Hooff 9781138610934
RRP: $92.38$80.72Have heterosexual relationships become more intimate and equal over the past forty years? Simply put, this is the central question underpinning this book. Within the context of late modern social processes, including most notably individualization and... -
The Politics of Domestic Consumption: Critical Readings by Stevi Jackson 9781138373990
RRP: $283.50$246.29This Reader brings together a broad range of critical work on on the everday practices and power relations of domestic consumption -drawing on material from sociology, women's studies and media and cultural studies. The book is divided into five main... -
The Rainbow after the Storm: Marriage Equality and Social Change in the U.S by Michael J. Rosenfeld 9780197600443
RRP: $53.53$47.42A detailed story of how social science contributed to gay rights gains in the courts. For most of American history, public opinion was strongly opposed to gay rights. Marriage equality had negligible public support throughout the 1970s-1980s. Yet,... -
The Future of Marriage David Blankenhorn 9781594032417
RRP: $27.28$18.12In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with an adjective in front of it, but marriage itself. Therefore, what marriage is and why it matters is what this debate is all about. What exactly is... -
Opening Up: The Parenting Journey by Anne Peretz 9781635767636
RRP: $33.58$23.60Including a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Opening Up is a chronicle of the struggles and triumphs of families suffering the internalized stresses from poverty, domestic abuse, racism, and neighborhood violence, among other challenges. Through... -
Family Burden Coefficient in China: Exploratory Research and Application by Tian Feng 9781032284460
RRP: $83.98$73.63i) This is the first published book studies family burden coefficient in China. ii) The author of this book is from one of the top institutes (CASS) in China. iii) The Chinese version sold 1500 copies. iv) Scholars interested in China's family studies... -
Parenthood between Generations: Transforming Reproductive Cultures by Sian Pooley 9781800737211
RRP: $33.50$27.93Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led practice-one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and increasingly on fathers too... -
Life Is Not Useful by Ailton Krenak 9781509554041
RRP: $84.00$54.92Indigenous thinker and leader Ailton Krenak exposes the destructive tendencies of our ‘civilization’: rampant consumerism, environmental devastation and a narrow and restricted understanding of humanity’s place on this Earth. For many centuries,... -
Shifting Traditions of Childrearing in China: Narratives from Three Generations of Women by Xin Guo 9781032022963
RRP: $81.88$71.86Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers’ experiences of childrearing, emphasising that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social... -
Rethinking Home Economics: Women and the History of a Profession by Sarah Stage 9780801429712
RRP: $226.80$196.98Until recently, historians tended to dismiss home economics as little more than a conspiracy to keep women in the kitchen. This landmark volume initiates collaboration among home economists, family and consumer science professionals, and women's... -
Handicapped Married Couples: A Welsh Study of Couples Handicapped from Birth by Mental, Physical or Personality Disorder by Ann Craft 9781032481166
$196.56Despite handicaps of low mental ability, deprived backgrounds or psychiatric and physical disability, most married couples with disabilities manage to give and receive much personal satisfaction and pleasure in their marriages. This is of special... -
Widows: Vol. I: The Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific by Helena Znaniecka Lopata 9780822307686
RRP: $46.18$40.30This volume analyzes the support systems and lifestyles of widows in Australia, the Philippines, Korea, Iran, China, India, Turkey, and Israel.Book InformationISBN 9780822307686Author Helena Znaniecka LopataFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Duke... -
Middle Class African Marriage: A Family Study of Ghanaian Senior Civil Servants by Christine Oppong 9781032513225
$196.56In the 1970s among peoples of the third world migration, paid employment, and urban living had caused changes in domestic economies, in decision making in households, and in the sexual division of labour and power. This was particularly so in areas... -
Families by Vanessa May 9781509518432
RRP: $33.58$30.26In this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in... -
Families by Vanessa May 9781509518425
RRP: $105.00$91.37In this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in... -
Black Children of Incarcerated Parents Speak Truth to Power: Social Revolution by Britany Jenine Gatewood 9781032293103
RRP: $77.68$68.31This book centers directly impacted Black children who have lived through parental incarceration. Their stories are told from holistic perspectives that incorporate the full range of collateral consequences. Moving beyond negative outcomes, a proactive... -
Cohabitation and the Evolving Nature of Intimate and Family Relationships by Sampson Lee Blair 9781804554197
RRP: $210.00$174.85In societies around the globe, couples are increasingly opting to live together without going through the formal and legal complications of marriage. Given the tremendous diversity in cohabiting couples, as well as the increasing prominence of this form... -
Women and Marriage in India by P. Thomas 9781032472911
$196.56Women in the thraldom of man has led sometimes, in one form or another, to the most horrible abuses. In this book, originally published in 1939, the author traces and analyses the institutions of marriage and family in India. The women of India, after... -
The West Bank Palestinian Family by Ibrahim Wade Ata 9781032514680
RRP: $182.68$158.63First published in 1986 The West Bank Palestinian Family presents the reader with the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Palestinian family in the West Bank. The main focus of the work was to identify what changes, if any, the Palestinian... -
The Changing Faces of Families: Diverse Family Forms in Various Policy Contexts Marina A. Adler (University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA) 9781032045023
RRP: $77.68$68.31With a focus on nine different national contexts, this book explores contemporary family diversity. With attention to the different welfare states and cultures of care in each setting, it problematizes the pre-eminence of research and policy centered on... -
Archaeology – Why It Matters by AB Stahl 9781509549863
RRP: $73.50$64.83No matter where we live, history lies beneath our feet and in the landscapes around us. In contrast to the history that comes from studying texts, archaeology is the study of history through objects, monuments, and other traces of past lives. Archaeology... -
Middle-Class Couples: A Study of Segregation, Domination and Inequality in Marriage by Stephen Edgell 9781032437200
RRP: $182.68$158.63When this book was originally published in 1980, sociologists had long held the view that the middle-class marriage in contemporary Britain was characterised by role desegregation and marital equality. Middle-Class Couples reported on research which... -
Dating, Mating, and Marriage by Martin King Whyte 9780202304168
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book examines the American system of dating, mate choice, and marriage. It analyzes a wide range of established ideas about how dating and mate choice are changing, and identifies changes and continuities in premarital experiences in twentieth... -
Gender and Female Villains in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives: From Evil Queens to Wicked Witches by Natalie Le Clue 9781801175654
RRP: $155.38$128.90For every hero, there is a villain, and for every villain there is a story. But how much do we really know about the villain? Filling a gap in the field of gender representation and character evolution, the chapters in this edited collection focus on... -
Advanced Introduction to Family Policy by Chiara Saraceno 9781839101151
$190.28Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides under China's Global Rise by Monica Liu 9781503632479
RRP: $155.40$135.35Commercial dating agencies that facilitate marriages across national borders comprise a $2.5 billion global industry. Ideas about the industry are rife with stereotypes-younger, more physically attractive brides from non-Western countries being paired... -
Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies by Kari Adamsons 9783030920012
RRP: $167.98$151.54This sourcebook is an unparalleled resource in the field of family science. It provides a comprehensive overview of both traditional and contemporary theories and methodologies to promote a greater understanding of increasingly complex family realities... -
Nordic Earner-Carer Politics: A Comparative and Historical Analysis by Anne Lise Ellingsæter 9781802207071
$202.88This insightful book provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of the formation and evolution of Nordic earner-carer policies over five decades. Spanning parental leave, father quotas, daycare services, and cash for childcare allowances, it explores... -
Being a Child in a Global World: Childhood in an Environment of Violence, Terror, Migration and Rapid Change by Betul Karagoez Yerdelen 9781801172417
RRP: $155.38$128.06We live in a globalized world in which children live in extreme poverty, experience stunted growth, are denied access to education, live as refugees, are subjected to violence, are employed as unskilled workers and even face threats from terror... -
Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions by Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández 9781804553954
RRP: $189.00$156.95Many societies are experiencing substantial change in family forms and structures. For both families and individuals, conjugal trajectories continue to be a core element of life under the pressures of societal conventions, prompting many toward some... -
Family and Kinship in Modern Britain by Christopher Turner 9781032536989
$186.06In the 1960s the family had been described as ‘by far the most important primary group in society’. The primary concern of the sociologist was to understand the functioning of family life in any given society and to set his observations in the wider... -
Flats, Families and the Under-Fives by Elizabeth Gittus 9781032532943
$197.40Originally published in 1976, Elizabeth Gittus explores two contemporary social issues which were central to future housing policy in Britain at the time: the implications, for families with young children, of both the increased use of flats in new local... -
Family and Class in a London Suburb by Peter Willmott 9781032542393
$196.56Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the... -
Changing Patterns of European Family Life: A Comparative Analysis of 14 Countries by Katja Boh 9781032536309
$235.22Originally published in 1989, this cross-national study investigates the role and pattern of family life in fourteen countries in contemporary Europe. Providing a wealth of information on European families, it is a key source for anyone wishing to... -
Housing and Young Families in East London by Anthea Holme 9781032542379
$197.40Originally published in 1985, Anthea Holme focuses her study on Bethnal Green in East London and Wanstead and Woodford in outer East London, the areas covered by Michael Young and Peter Willmott in their celebrated books Family and Kinship in East London... -
Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality by Casey B. Mulligan 9780226548401
RRP: $84.00$80.96Arguing that parental actions are important sources of wealth inequality, this book investigates the transmission of economic status from one generation to the next by constructing a model of parental preferences. It offers evidence on the...