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Family fantasies and community space /

Family forms are changing rapidly in Western society, and with them, the microenvironments within which men, women, and children live together. Stuart Aitken argues that, whether environment is taken as physical space or as a metaphor for the social, economic, and psychological basis of families, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aitken, Stuart C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction Encountering Family Fantasies
  • Re-placing the Family A Space for Differences
  • Family Fantasies Mythic Histories and Geographies
  • Gendered Parental Space The Social Construction of Mothers and Fathers
  • Negotiating Gender Roles and Relations around the Birth of a Child
  • Play and Justice Placing Children within the Patriarchal Bargain
  • Setting the Nuclear Family Apart
  • Imagined Communities
  • Difference and Justice The Place and Scale of Community
  • Conclusion Negotiating Complex Family and Community Spaces
  • Appendix A Map of Study Area
  • Appendix B Selected Summary Statistics for Study Respondents
  • Appendix C