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The Media and Middle Class Moms
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 31.95Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues. The book insightfully reports that families struggle with, and make work/family... more...
Aging Mothers and Their Adult Daughters
Springer Publishing Company 2001; US$ 69.00"As far as I am aware, there is no other scholarly book on adult mother/daughter relationships, particularly one that incorporates data from pairs of mothers and daughters...I believe that the contents provide useful material for instructors, researchers, and therapists alike.". - Rosemary Blieszner, PhD. Professor of Gerontology and Family... more...
Facts About Teenage Pregnancies
Continuum International Publishing 1998; US$ 50.00This text presents facts and figures about the incidence of teenage pregnancies throughout Europe together with current research based information on this subject. Bill Gillham looks at the accompanying problems of stress and emotional, financial and quality of life problems which in turn may lead to abuse and neglect of the child. He analyzes these... more...
Fatherhood, Sport and Leisure
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 55.95Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men?s studies the leisure component of family life is under-played. This book provides a long overdue and thorough investigation of the relationship between fatherhood, sport, and leisure. Fathering Through Sport... more...
Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction
University of California Press 2007; US$ 15.95Susan Markens takes on one of the hottest issues on the fertility front?surrogate motherhood?in a book that illuminates the culture wars that have erupted over new reproductive technologies in the United States. In an innovative analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, Markens explores how... more...
Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 57.95Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand... more...





