Stuff of Family Life (eBook)

How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives

Michelle Janning (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
238 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-5480-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Does putting your phone on the dinner table impact your relationships? How does the TV placement in your home affect your family? The Stuff of Family Life looks at the changing world of families through a unique examination of their stuff. The book takes readers through phases of family life, examining our choices about spaces and objects.

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Does putting your smartphone on the dinner table impact your relationships? How does where you place your TV in your home affect your family? The Stuff of Family Life takes readers inside the changing world of families through a unique examination of their stuff. From digital family photo albums to the growing popularity of "e;man caves,"e; author Michelle Janning looks at not only what large demographic studies say about family dynamics but also what our lives-and the stuff in them-say about how we relate to each other. The book takes readers through various phases of family life, including dating, marriage, parenting, divorce, and aging, while paying attention to how our choices about our spaces and objects impact our lives.Janning has joked, "e;I'm not a social scientist who uses large national datasets to illustrate family life; I'm the social scientist who asks people to examine what's in their underwear drawers to tell stories about their family life."e; From underwear drawers to calendars, The Stuff of Family Life offers an illuminating and entertaining look at the complexities of American families today.

Autor

Michelle Janning is professor of sociology at Whitman College. As a board member of the Council on Contemporary Families, she specializes in family and gender studies and cultural sociology. Her work has been published in sources such as the Journal of Family Issues and the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, and she has been quoted in media such as Women’s Health and Real Simple.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Families, Home Spaces, and Objects: Welcome Mats and Plumbing PipesChapter 2: From Childhood to Adulthood: Stuffed Animals, Blankets, and Wall PostersChapter 3: Couplehood: Love Letters and BedsChapter 4: Parents and Children: Family Photo Albums and LEGO BricksChapter 5: Gender and Household Division of Labor: Tool Boxes and SpicesChapter 6: Home and Paid Work Intersections: Work Bags and Calendars Chapter 7: Separated Families: Sofabeds, Laptops, and Cell PhonesChapter 8: Beyond Single (Nuclear) Families: Dining Tables and DishesChapter 9: Families, Homes, and Social Change: Toilets and ShowersEpilogueSpatial, Material, and Social Boundaries for Families: Fences and Pathways

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: contemporary Family • Domestic Life • relationships • Technology
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-5480-7 / 1442254807
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-5480-0 / 9781442254800