The New Family ?Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva, Carol Smart SAGE, 1999 M02 8 - 177 pages Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. Most politicians and researchers have viewed these changes as harmful, suggesting that the family as an institution should not alter.
The `New' Family? challenges these dominant views. Leading academics in the field consider current diverse practices in families, and reveal the lack of balance between policies based on how families should be and how they actually are, illustrating the need for a broader definition of family. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather |
Contents
Chapter 1 The New Practices and Politics of Family Life | 1 |
Accounting for Change and Fluidity in Family Life | 13 |
Gendered Claims and Obligations and Issues of Explanation | 31 |
Dispositions Practices and Technologies | 46 |
Chapter 5 A Passion for Sameness? Sexuality and Gender Accountability | 66 |
Narratives of NonHeterosexual Relationships | 83 |
Fathers and Mothers after Divorce | 100 |
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