Family rhythms : The changing textures of family life in Ireland /

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This textbook draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate how Irish families have adapted and changed over time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gray, Jane (Author), Ralph, David (Author), Geraghty, Ruth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social change.
Families.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Familles > Irlande.
Social change > Ireland.
Families > Ireland.
Ireland.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Family rhythms; Contents; List of figures; List of photographs; List of panels; Preface; Introduction:Irish families in the sociological imagination; Part I: Questioning the modern family; 1 The idea of the modern family; 2 Beyond the modern family:re-visioning family change; Part II Changing families acrossthe life course; 3 Changing childhoods; 4 Early adulthood and family formation; 5 Working and parenting in the middle years; 6 New grandparents:older people in the family; Part III Re-visioning family changein Ireland; 7 Conclusion: resilient families; Glossary of key concepts.
  • Technical informationList of participants; Bibliography; Index.

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