Gender and FamiliesRowman & Littlefield, 1998 - 220 Seiten Gender and Families uses images from popular culture and events from everyday lives to explore how families and gender are mutually produced and inseparably linked. Author Scott Coltrane teaches gender in an accessible and compelling manner to a wide array of students by weaving discussions of racial differences, ethnicity, and social class into every chapter. Coltrane also includes women and men as both topic and audience in the central chapters of the book. Ideal for use in a gender course, or as a supplement in family, introductory sociology, or social inequality classes. |
Inhalt
Understanding Gender and Families | 9 |
Family Diversity | 22 |
Sentimental Love and Modern Marriage | 40 |
Concluding Thoughts on Love Sex and Marriage | 52 |
Modern Labor Market Trends | 64 |
Stability and Change | 71 |
Families and Care | 77 |
Gender and Care | 81 |
Patterns of Gender Socialization | 123 |
Parenting and Gender Inequality | 129 |
Family Policy and the State | 135 |
Family Law in Historical Perspective | 143 |
Government Child Support | 151 |
The Larger Social Context | 158 |
Putting It All Together | 176 |
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Verweise auf dieses Buch
The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research Amy S. Wharton Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2004 |