1st Edition
The Double Life of the Family Myth, hope and experience
By Michael Bittman
Copyright 1997
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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The modern family is under strain. What we crave most from our families is intimacy, warmth and self-fulfilment but we often find this difficult to achieve. We hold onto these expectations of our families even in the face of contradictory experiences, so the family sustains a double life. The authors explore the gap between our values, expectations and yearnings, and our experiences of everyday... Read more
List of tables and figures
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Is the myth of the nuclear family dead?
2 The other life of the family
3 The rise of intimacy
4 Working for nothing
5 At home: the more things change, the more they
stay the same
6 Pseudomutuality: the disjunction between domestic
inequality and the ideal of equality
7 Economics, breadwinning and family relations
8 How the family is a problem for the state
9 The greatest welfare system ever devised?
Notes
References
Index
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Is the myth of the nuclear family dead?
2 The other life of the family
3 The rise of intimacy
4 Working for nothing
5 At home: the more things change, the more they
stay the same
6 Pseudomutuality: the disjunction between domestic
inequality and the ideal of equality
7 Economics, breadwinning and family relations
8 How the family is a problem for the state
9 The greatest welfare system ever devised?
Notes
References
Index
Biography
Michael Bittman is Seniro Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and author of Juggling Time (1991).
Jocelyn Pixley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of New South Wales and author of Citizenship and Employment (1993).
