Machine derived contents note: Part One: Private Experiences And Public Issues -- What Is a Family? -- How Accurate Are Popular Images of American Families? -- How Private Should Family Life Be? -- How Should Individual Rights and Family Obligations be Balanced? -- How do Gender and Power Influence Family Life? -- How do Race, Ethnicity and Racism Affect Family Life? -- How do Wealth and Poverty Determine Family Experiences? -- Is the Institution of Family Breaking Down - and Society with It? -- Part Two: Sociological Dimensions Of Family Life -- The Link between Family Life and Social Science -- Intimate Relationships -- Love, Sex and Attraction -- Gender, Marriage and Work -- Parenthood and Parenting -- Childhood and Childrearing -- Intimate Violence -- Divorce and Remarriage -- Family Transitions in Adulthood -- Changing American Families
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [495]-526) and index
