Handbook of Marriage and the Family by Suzanne K. Steinmetz (English) Paperback

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The lucid, straightforward Preface of this Handbook by the two editors and the comprehenSIve perspec­ tives offered in the Introduction by one ofthem leave little for a Foreword to add.

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The lucid, straightforward Preface of this Handbook by the two editors and the comprehenSIve perspec­ tives offered in the Introduction by one ofthem leave little for a Foreword to add. It is therefore limIted to two relevant but not intrinsically related points vis-a-vis research on marriage and the family in the interval since the fIrst Handbook (Christensen, 1964) appeared, namely: the impact on this research ofthe politicization of the New RIght! and of the Feminist Enlightenment beginning in the mid-sixties, about the time of the fIrst Handbook. In the late 1930s Willard Waller noted: "Fifty years or more ago about 1890, most people had the greatest respect for the institution called the family and wished to learn nothing whatever about it. . . . Everything that concerned the life of men and women and their children was shrouded from the light. Today much of that has been changed. Gone is the concealment of the way in which life begins, gone the irrational sanctity of the home. The aura of sentiment which once protected the family from discussion clings to it no more .... We wantto learn as much about it as we can and to understand it as thoroughly as possible, for there is a rising recognition in America that vast numbers of its families are sick-from internal frustrations and from external buffeting. We are engaged in the process of reconstructing our family institutions through criticism and discussion" (1938, pp. 3-4).

Table of Contents

I Family Perspectives and Analyses.- 1 • Demography of the Family.- 2 • Historical Analysis of the Family.- 3 • Comparative Perspectives.- 4 • The Rise of Family Theory: A Historical and Critical Analysis.- 5 • Radical-Critical Theories.- 6 • Methodology.- 7 • A Perspective on Tomorrow's Families.- II Diversity in Family Life.- 8 • Ethnicity.- 9 • Social Stratification.- 10 • Families and Work.- 11 • Families and Religions.- 12 • Nontraditional Family Forms.- 13 • Singlehood.- 14 • Voluntary Childlessness.- 15 • Single-Parent Families.- 16 • Remarriage and Reconstituted Families.- III Life Cycle Processes.- 17 • Life Cycle and Family Development.- 18 • Parent-Child Socialization.- 19 • Human Sexuality.- 20 • Development of Gender Roles.- 21 • Marriage, Family, and Fertility.- 22 • Divorce.- 23 • The Family in Later Years.- IV Family Dynamics and Transformation.- 24 • Family Power.- 25 • Family Stress.- 26 • Family Violence: Past, Present, and Future.- 27 • Family and the Law.- 28. Families and Social Policy.- 29 • Family Life Education.- 30 • Marital and Family Therapy.- Notes on Contributors.

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The lucid, straightforward Preface of this Handbook by the two editors and the comprehenSIve perspec

Details ISBN1461571537 Year 2013 ISBN-10 1461571537 ISBN-13 9781461571537 Format Paperback Publication Date 2013-03-05 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Edited by Suzanne K. Steinmetz DEWEY 306.8 Short Title HANDBK OF MARRIAGE & THE FAMIL Language English Media Book Pages 915 Illustrations XLII, 915 p. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-7151-3 UK Release Date 2013-03-05 AU Release Date 2013-03-05 NZ Release Date 2013-03-05 US Release Date 2013-03-05 Author Marvin B. Sussman Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987 Alternative 9780306419676 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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