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Summary Table of Contents

An interdisciplinary collection of current and classical readings, Family in Transition explores the many transformations taking place in families today. Additions to this revision include readings on culture and sexuality, Bailey's inquiry into the origins of the sexual revolution in the 60's and 70's; Schwartz' report on equal marriage; and patterns of child care.

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Preface

vii

Introduction: Family in Transition

(16)

Part One The Changing Family

(66)

Chapter 1 Families Past and Present

(32)

John Gillis

READING 1 "Myths of Family Past" Many beliefs about the traditional family are not based on historical fact, and many family traditions are relatively recent inventions.

(13)

Arlene Skolnick

READING 2 "The Life Course Revolution" Changes in mortality rates have had profound, yet little-appreciated, effects on family life

(9)

Stephanie Coontz

READING 3 "What We Really Miss About the 1950s" Nostalgia for the "traditional" family of the 1950s influences much of the way Americans feel about changes in family life

(10)

Chapter 2 The Meaning(s) of Family

(30)

David M. Rosen

READING 4 "What Is a Family? Nature, Culture, and the Law" As the traditional nuclear family declines, the law grapples uneasily with redefining the meaning of "family"

(11)

Helena Ragone

READING 5 "Chasing the Blood Tie: Surrogate Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Fathers" Surrogate mothers and adoptive parents are in a complex relationship of motivations and cultural values

(19)

Part Two The Sexes

(102)

Chapter 3 Changing Gender Roles

(25)

William J. Goode

READING 6 "Why Men Resist" Although men still struggle against losing their advantages, prospects for equality never looked better

(12)

Matthew C. Guttman

READING 7 "The Meanings of Macho: Changing Mexican Male Identities" Economic conditions have resulted in a change in gender relations that contrasts with the traditional image of "machismo" among Mexican males.

(13)

Chapter 4 Sexuality and Society

112

(35)

Beth Bailey

READING 8 "Sexual Revolution(s)" The cultural changes of the 1960's transformed not only the way Americans think about sex, but also their sexual behavior and relationships.

112

(18)

Pasternak

Ember

READING 9 "Culture Channels Sexuality" Cross-cultural studies show how a society's norms and values shape the way individuals channel their sexual behavior

130

(17)

Chapter 5 Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage

147

(38)

Frank F. Furstenburg, Jr.

READING 10 "The Future of Marriage" The institution of marriage has undergone tremendous changes, prompting a rethinking of the nature and function of marriage in contemporary society and what its future may be

147

(7)

Pepper Schwartz

READING 11 "Peer Marriage" Changing gender roles has created a new style of marriage based on friendship and an egalitarian relationship

154

(9)

E. Mavis Hetherington

Tracy C. Law

Thomas G. O'Connor

READING 12 "Divorce: Challenges, Changes, and New Chances" Divorce is not a single event, with the same effects on all the children and adults who experience it. It is a long complicated process, with varying outcomes

163

(9)

Constance R. Ahrons

Roy H. Rodgers

READING 13 "The Remarriage Transition" Although divorce ends marriage, complex family relationships often develop

172

(13)

Part Three Parents and Children

185

(72)

Chapter 6 Parenthood

189

(47)

Carolyn P. Cowan

Phillip A. Cowan

READING 14 "Becoming a Parent" Parenthood in America is usually a difficult period of transition

189

(13)

Reed Larson

Maryse H. Richards

READING 15 "Healthy Families: Toward Convergent Realities" Family members spend most of their days in different worlds; It's possible for them to share their separate realities

202

(7)

Rosanna Hertz

READING 16 "A Typology of Approaches to Child Care" Approaches to child care reflect distinct perspectives on the nature of childhood and children's development

209

(27)

Chapter 7 Childhood

236

(21)

Donald Hernandez

David E. Myers

READING 17 "Revolutions in Children's Lives" Over the past 200 years, the lives of American children have been transformed several times by changes in the economy, society, and family life

236

(10)

Frank F. Furstenberg

Andrew J. Cherlin

READING 18 "Children's Adjustment to Divorce" For most children, divorce is painful, but most do not suffer long-lasting problems. The key factor in children's adjustment: the relationship with the custodial parent

246

(11)

Part Four Families in Society

257

Chapter 8 Work and Family

263

(41)

Lillian B. Rubin

READING 19 "Families on the Fault Line" "Downsizing," corporate moves, and other workplace changes have undermined the security of working-class families--no matter what their race or ethnic group

263

(19)

Maxine Baca Zinn

READING 20 "Family, Race, and Poverty" The "underclass" is caused by massive economic transformations that moved opportunity out of the inner cities, not by a "breakdown in family values"

282

(13)

Arlie Hochschild

Anne Machung

READING 21 "The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home" Men who do not share the work of the home may be harming their marriages

295

(9)

Chapter 9 Family Diversity

304

(69)

Paulette Moore Hines

Nydia Garcia-Preto

Monica McGoldrick

Rhea Almeida

Susan Weltman

READING 22 "Intergenerational Relationships Across Cultures" The rules governing relationships between parents and their adult children vary across ethnic groups

304

(18)

Laura Benkov

READING 23 "Reinventing the Family" Lesbian and gay parents are creating a variety of family types that challenge the traditional meaning of family structure

322

(23)

Catherine Street Chilman

READING 24 "Hispanic Families in the United States: Research Perspectives" Hispanic families are not all alike; they come from a diverse array of national cultures

345

(16)

William P. O'Hare

Kelvin M. Pollard

Taynia L. Mann

Mary M. Kent

READING 25 "African-Americans in the 1990s" African-American family life has been affected by a variety of forces-persisting racial discrimination, increasing opportunity for the educated, increasing unemployment and poverty for those left behind in the inner-city ghetto

361

(12)

Chapter 10 The Age Revolution

373

(19)

Matilda White Riley

READING 26 "The Family in an Aging Society: A Matrix of Latent Relationships" Unprecedented increases in longevity will have profound consequences on the norms and quality of family and kin relationships

373

(12)

Andrew J. Cherlin

Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

READING 27 "The Modernization of Grandparenthood" Grandparenthood as a distinct and nearly universal part of family life is a relatively new phenomenon, appearing in the decades since World War II

385

(7)

Chapter 11 Trouble in the Family

392

(40)

Kristin Luker

READING 28 "Why Do They Do It? Teen pregnancy and teen motherhood especially are the result of limited educational and economic opportunities

392

(16)

Katherine S. Newman

READING 29 "The Downwardly Mobile Family" Family bonds may be strained to the breaking point when a breadwinner father loses his job

408

(6)

Richard J. Gelles

Murray A. Straus

READING 30 "Profiling Violent Families" No single factor predicts family violence; it arises from stresses, frustrations, and power differences that are experienced by many families

414

(18)

Chapter 12 Public Debates on the Family

432

Sharon Hays

READING 31 "The Mommy Wars" Working mothers and stay-at-home mothers are faced with contradictory cultural messages about their choices

432

(17)

Janet Giele

READING 32 "Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal, and Feminist Views" Contemporary debates on the state of the family reflect three distinct perspectives--conservative, liberal and feminist

449

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