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Cross-cultural Marriage: Identity and Choice by Rosemary Breger
RRP: £135.00£117.28As societies world-wide become increasingly multicultural, so the issues of identity, belonging, tolerance and racism become imperative to understand in their various forms. This book adds to the discussion by examining the interface between the lived,... -
Risky Relations: Family, Kinship and the New Genetics by Katie Featherstone
RRP: £135.00£117.28Increasingly more conditions are now being identified as having a genetic component, and controversial new genetic technologies potentially have major consequences for social relations and self-identity. How do family members respond to the information... -
Liberalism, Childhood and Justice: Ethical Issues in Upbringing by Tim Fowler
RRP: £79.99£60.86This radical and critical account of family justice explores children's wellbeing and ethical issues in children's upbringing through the lens of political philosophy. Fowler reconceptualises what constitutes children's wellbeing, the duties of parents... -
Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America by Rebecca Jo Plant
RRP: £21.00£20.31In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about "Mother Love", signaling a conception of motherhood as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in self-sacrifice and infused with social and political meaning. By the 1940s, the... -
The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting Are Transforming the American Family Jeremy A. Smith 9780807021217
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807021217Author Jeremy A. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm *... -
Families, Intimacy and Globalization: Floating Ties by Raelene Wilding
£41.96Growing numbers of partners, parents, children, grandchildren and siblings are living far away from each other, yet their opportunities to stay in touch have never been greater. Smartphones, tablets and personal computers are used by parents in London to... -
Learning to Love: Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora by Raksha Pande
RRP: £27.99£24.14Learning to Love moves beyond the media and policy stereotypes that conflate arranged marriages with forced marriages. Using in-depth interviews and participant observations, this book assembles a rich and diverse array of everyday marriage narratives... -
Family Fragments? by Dr. Bren Neale
RRP: £55.00£47.73This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies. The past decade has... -
Media, Family Interaction and the Digitalization of Childhood by Anja R. Lahikainen
£99.61This is a first-class repository of new knowledge on how media and family routines intertwine in daily interactions. The multi-method approach reveals how varying forms of media affect the interaction between children and their parents. Avoiding... -
Brown Bodies, White Babies: The Politics of Cross-Racial Surrogacy by Laura Harrison
RRP: £24.99£21.67Brown Bodies, White Babies focuses on the practice of cross-racial gestational surrogacy, in which a woman - through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors - carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different... -
What Women Want: Evidence from British Social Attitudes Geoff Dench 9781412842983
RRP: £45.99£40.13Over the last few decades, families in many highly developed nations (such as Great Britain) have been held together by grandparents. Yet as single motherhood spreads into this generation, extended families without men or work are becoming more common... -
Strangers in the House: The World of Stepsiblings and Half-Siblings William R. Beer 9781412842266
RRP: £43.99£38.44If present trends in divorce and remarriage continue, the stepfamily will eventually outnumber all other types of family in the U.S. Three decades ago, one out of five children under the age of eighteen was living in stepfamilies, and there were at least... -
Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China by Judith Stacey
RRP: £23.99£20.84Judith Stacey, 2012 winner of the Simon and Gagnon Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Sociological Association. A leading expert on the family, Judith Stacey is known for her provocative research on mainstream issues. Finding herself... -
Family Connections: An Introduction to Family Studies David H. J. Morgan (University of Wisconsin) 9780745610788
RRP: £55.00£47.73The changing nature of the family is a topic of intense public concern. It also has been the focus of research in sociology and related disciplines for many years. Family Connections is a major new introduction to the study of the family, written by one... -
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood: Global Perspectives, Issues and Interventions by Helen Holgate
RRP: £42.99£37.59The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood continues to be a topical media and political issue, and a contested policy area. Covering the controversial issues, this book contributes to the debate, filling the gap in the current market. The strong... -
Bookworm Babies: Read. Converse. Nurture. Impact. (An Easy-To-Follow Handbook Designed by Teachers for the Parents of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers) by Dawn Ohanian Tringas 9780692713990
RRP: £14.70£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692713990Author Dawn Ohanian TringasFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Seven Years PressPublisher Seven Years PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)... -
Remaking Families in Contemporary China by Xiaoying Qi 9780197510988
RRP: £70.00£64.14From civil war to Japanese occupation and communist revolution to market transition, China has undergone and continues to experience enormous economic, political, and social change. In Remaking Families in Contemporary China, Xiaoying Qi explores a... -
Grandparenting Practices Around the World Virpi Timonen 9781447340652
RRP: £24.99£19.39This exciting collection presents an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the unprecedented phenomenon of increasing numbers of grandparents worldwide, co-existing and interacting for longer periods of time with their grandchildren.About the AuthorVirpi... -
Siblings and Sociology by Katherine Davies 9781526142177
RRP: £85.00£74.51This book draws upon innovative qualitative data sources to explore the significance of siblings throughout the life course, demonstrating why sociologists ought to pay attention to siblingship. Focussing on four themes central to the discipline of... -
Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence by Juliane Hammer
RRP: £32.00£24.76An in-depth look at how Muslim American organizations address domestic violence within their communitiesIn Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and strategies of individuals and organizations doing... -
The Contented Mother's Guide: Essential advice to help you be a happy, calm and confident mother by Gina Ford 9780091912710 [USED COPY]
£17.10Ensure your contented baby has a contented mum Becoming a mum is an exciting journey, with new rewards and responsibilities. But while you focus your energies on the needs of your growing baby, it's easy to neglect your own needs as a new mum. Gina Ford... -
Innovations in Youth Research by S. Heath 9780230278493 [USED COPY]
RRP: £89.99£4.62This book explores and celebrates imaginative and creative approaches to youth research, showcasing a wide range of innovative methods including music elicitation, mental mapping, blog analysis and mobile methods.NICOLA ALLETT Research Associate at the... -
The Handbook of Marriage in the Arab World Ahmed Aref 9789819776191
RRP: £44.99£38.24This open access handbook combines multiple theoretical and practical approaches for enabling a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of marriage in the Arab world. Adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, it provides a framework for the... -
Red Pockets: An Offering Alice Mah 9780241608319
RRP: £20.00£17.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780241608319Author Alice MahFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Allen LanePublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 400g -
Marriage in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Identity, Community, and Change Manase Kudzai Chiweshe 9781032893372
RRP: £135.00£114.75The book provides a social analysis of marriage in contemporary Zimbabwe, highlighting how the institution is changing and evolving in the face of societal factors such as globalisation, technology, increased migration, religious plurality and shifting... -
Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France Andrea Mansker 9781501778063
RRP: £48.00£40.80Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France uncovers the unexplored history of matrimonial agents, their novel marketing tactics, and the rise of personal advertisements to track the commercialization of marriage in nineteenth-century... -
Retirement Migrants and Dependency: Caring for Sun Seekers Inés Calzada 9783031691218
RRP: £119.99£101.99This book tells the story of what happens when the “adventure” of living in Spain turns complicated due to the emergence of care needs derived from loss of autonomy. It investigates the care strategies of retirement migrants that must navigate a foreign... -
Family Studies Anuja Agrawal 9780198930693
RRP: £119.00£101.15Within the social, political, and economic contexts existing in modern-day India, family is neither a simple remnant of tradition nor a domain merely representing insulated private lives. Rather, it is implicated in malleable yet overpowering structures,... -
Siblings and Sociology Katherine Davies 9781526182562
RRP: £20.00£17.00This book draws upon innovative qualitative data sources to explore the significance of siblings throughout the life course, demonstrating why sociologists ought to pay attention to siblingship. Focussing on four themes central to the discipline of... -
Skipped Generation Households in Nigeria Joshua Oyeniyi Aransiola 9783031650338
RRP: £119.99£101.99This volume unpacks the phenomenon of skipped generation households—where children live with their grandparents and without their parents—as they become an increasingly common family dynamic in Nigeria and globally. The skipped generation household's... -
Negotiating Non-Motherhood: Representations, Perceptions, and Experiences Jenny Björklund 9783031666964
RRP: £44.99£38.24This open access edited volume focuses on the representations, perceptions, and experiences of women who do not have children against the backdrop of traditional gender norms, pronatalist policies, and patriarchal structures. While involuntary and... -
Single Mothers in Thailand: Women, Motherhood, and Going it All Alone Herbary Cheung 9783031576546
RRP: £109.99£109.55This book investigates a range of major sociological debates and policy studies related to gender, family, marriage, health, intersectionality, and social exclusion of single mothers in Thailand. It does so by analyzing ethnographic data gained from... -
Wedding Cakes and Cultural History Simon Charsley 9781032342771
RRP: £27.99£24.28First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History is a unique contribution to the anthropology of food, tracing the fascinating history of wedding cakes, from late medieval feasts and rites, through the Victorian wedding breakfast and into the... -
The Care Dilemma: How to Care Enough in the Age of Sex Equality David Goodhart 9781800753617
RRP: £25.00£21.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Companion to Biological Anthropology Clark Spencer Larsen 9781119828082
RRP: £37.99£32.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119828082Author Clark Spencer LarsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd -
A Companion to Anthropological Genetics Dennis H. O'Rourke 9781119096627
RRP: £37.95£32.26Explore the latest research in anthropological genetics and understand the genome’s role in cultural and social development A Companion to Anthropological Genetics illustrates the role of genetic analysis in advancing the modern study of human origins,... -
Thanks for Nothing: The Economics of Single Motherhood since 1980 Nicholas H. Wolfinger 9780199324323
RRP: £32.99£28.04In 1980, single mother families were five times more likely than two-parent families to be poor. Forty years later, single-mother families are still five times more likely to be poor. How can this be given the vast increases in education and employment... -
The Two-Parent Privilege: How the decline in marriage has increased inequality and lowered social mobility, and what we can do about it Melissa S. Kearney 9781800753761
RRP: £12.99£8.56In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney makes a provocative, data-driven case for marriage by showing how the institution’s decline has led to a host of economic woes. Eschewing the religious and values-based arguments that have long dominated... -
Handbuch Soziologie des Alter(n)s Klaus R. Schroeter 9783658094867
RRP: £67.99£57.79Altern ist ein sowohl biologischer als auch sozialer Prozess, der sich über den gesamten Lebenslauf erstreckt und wesentlich durch gesellschaftliche Einflüsse geprägt ist. Möglicherweise beginnt der Alternsprozess bei Geburt und endet mit dem Tod eines... -
Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships Abigail Ocobock 9780226836263
RRP: £21.00£17.85A cutting-edge study of marriage’s transformative effects on same-sex relationships. It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, marriage remains a profound institutional force that...