Displaying Families

A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life

E. Dermott, J. Seymour (Herausgeber)

Online Resource

XIII, 231 Seiten

2011
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-0-230-31430-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.

Inhalt

List of Tables PART I Developing 'Displaying Families': A Possibility for the Future of the Sociology of Personal Life; E.Dermott  & J.Seymour Critical Relational Displays; B.Heaphy   Troubling Displays: The Affect of Gender, Sexuality and Class; J.Gabb PART II Displaying Motherhood: Representations, Visual Methods and the Materiality of Maternal Practice; M.Kehily  & R.Thomson 'It's Just Not Good for a Man to be Interested in Other People's Children': Fathers, Public Displays of Care, and 'Relevant Others'; A.Doucet  Display Work: Lesbian Parent Couples and their Families of Origin Negotiating New Kin Relationships; K.Almack Commentary on Almack; L.Short Commentary on Almack; R.Ryan-Flood  Practices of Display: The Framing and Changing of Internet Gambling Behaviours in Families; K.Hughes  & G.Valentine   Displaying Mixedness: Difference and Family Relationships; J.Haynes  & E.Dermott 'Family Hold Back': Displaying Families in the Single Location Home/Workplace; J. Seymour   'I Know We Can't Be a Family, But as Close as You Can Get': Displaying Families within an Institutional Context; I.McIntosh, N.Dorrer, S.Punch  & R.Emond PART III Afterword; J.Finch Bibliography Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 231 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Care • children • Familie • Gender • Institution • Internet • Methods • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 0-230-31430-9 / 0230314309
• ISBN-13: 978-0-230-31430-6 / 9780230314306
• Zustand: Neuware