| Description |
xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Australian patterns and trends -- Explanations for domestic and family violence -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 13 Ageing, Care And Intergenerational Relationships -- Introduction -- An ageing Australian population: demographic characteristics and implications -- Sociological perspectives on ageing -- Grandparenting -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 14 Conclusion: New Families, New Relationships? -- Intimate life and the wider society -- Love and panic -- The future of families |
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Contents note continued: Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 10 Families And Labour -- Introduction -- A brief history of gendered work -- Families and the paid labour market -- Domestic labour -- Explaining inequality -- Domestic labour, fairness and change -- Domestic labour arrangements in lesbian and gay relationships -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 11 Separation Divorce and reconstituted families -- Introduction -- Divorce rates: change and continuity -- Changes in the institutional basis of marriage -- Causes of divorce -- The impact of divorce -- Step-families/blended-families/reconfigured families/post-divorce families -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 12 Violence In Intimate Relationships -- Introduction -- Defining and naming violence in intimate relationships -- A continuum of violent behaviours -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 4 Sociological Perspectives On Relationships And Families -- Introduction -- Structural functionalism -- Political economy perspective -- Feminism -- Individualisation -- Micro-sociological perspectives -- Queer theory -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 5 Young People, Relationships And Sexuality -- Introduction -- Leaving home -- Young people and partnering -- Changing concepts of young adulthood -- Intimate relationships -- Sexuality -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 6 Love, Commitment And Marriage -- Introduction -- Love and romance -- Changing relationship patterns -- Marriage patterns in Australia -- Unmarried cohabitation -- The pure relationship and ̀the transformation of intimacy' -- Gay marriage and commitment ceremonies -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 7 Relating Beyond The Cohabiting Couple -- Introduction -- Beyond heterorelationality -- Friendship -- The single life -- The emotional and social significance of group households -- Living apart together (LAT) -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 8 Fertility, Technology And Family Change -- Introduction -- Fertility trends -- Social consequences of low fertility rates -- Explanations for fertility behaviour -- Cultural beliefs about parenting -- Assisted reproductive technologies and family change -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 9 Parenting, Children And Childcare -- Introduction -- Childhood and historical change in Western countries -- Cultural differences in childhood -- Changing research perspectives on childhood -- Families and new media technologies -- Parenting -- Diverse parenting contexts -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Defining families and relationships -- Thinking sociologically -- Why study families and relationships? -- Structure of the book -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 2 Relationships And Families Over Time -- Introduction -- Pre-modern families (circa pre-eighteenth century) -- Modern families (eighteenth--mid twentieth century) -- Families and relationships in late modernity -- Indigenous Australian families -- History of East Asian and South-East Asian families -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- ch. 3 Diversity In Families And Relationships -- Introduction -- Diversity beyond the nuclear family -- Contemporary Indigenous Australian families -- Culturally and linguistically diverse immigrant families -- Social class -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Recommended further reading -- |
| Summary |
Families, Relationships and Intimate Life, Second Edition is a thorough exploration of the controversies, contradictions and broad patterns that characterise contemporary relationships and families. Beginning with the conceptual scaffolding of families in their historical and cultural context this text includes the key cultural differences of ethnicity, class and sexuality. Theoretical perspectives including functionalism, feminist approaches and reflexive modernisation are also clearly outlined. Once the groundwork has been established this book delves into examining the complexity of contemporary family life, covering key elements in the life course - childhood, youth, partnering, parenting and ageing and both the positive and negative sides of family life including intimacy and violence |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
First published 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Families.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Domestic relations.
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Marriage.
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Parenthood.
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| Author |
Lindsay, Jo, author
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| LC no. |
2015410493 |
| ISBN |
9780195525649 |
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