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29 produkter
At the Heart of Work and Family
Engaging the Ideas of Arlie Hochschild
Av Anita Ilta Garey, Karen V. Hansen
Häftad, 2011
430 kr
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At the Heart of Work and Family presents original research on work and family by scholars who engage and build on the conceptual framework developed by well-known sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild. These concepts, such as "the second shift," "the economy of gratitude," "emotion work," "feeling …
Do Babies Matter?
Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower
Av Mary Ann Mason, Nicholas H. Wolfinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
443 kr
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The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the doctoral student ranks in nearly equal numbers and most will experience both the benefits …
Adult Supervision Required
Private Freedom and Public Constraints for Parents and Children
Häftad, 2013
405 kr
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Adult Supervision Required considers the contradictory ways in which contemporary American culture has imagined individual autonomy for parents and children. In many ways, today’s parents and children have more freedom than ever before. There is widespread respect for children’s autonomy as …
Amigas Y Amantes
Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family
Häftad, 2013
350 kr
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2014 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleAmigas y Amantes (Friends and Lovers) explores the experiences of sexually nonconforming Latinas in the creation and maintenance of families. It is based on forty-two in-depth ethnographic interviews with women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer …
Amigas Y Amantes
Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family
Inbunden, 2013
1506 kr
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2014 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleAmigas y Amantes (Friends and Lovers) explores the experiences of sexually nonconforming Latinas in the creation and maintenance of families. It is based on forty-two in-depth ethnographic interviews with women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer …
Raising the Race
Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community
Häftad, 2015
382 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Race, Gender, and Class Section Book Award from the American Sociological AssociationPopular discussions of professional women often dwell on the conflicts faced by the woman who attempts to “have it all,” raising children while climbing up the corporate ladder. Yet for all the …
Raising the Race
Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community
Inbunden, 2015
1462 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Race, Gender, and Class Section Book Award from the American Sociological AssociationPopular discussions of professional women often dwell on the conflicts faced by the woman who attempts to “have it all,” raising children while climbing up the corporate ladder. Yet for all the …
Queering Marriage
Challenging Family Formation in the United States
Häftad, 2013
389 kr
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Co-Winner of the 2015 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements section from the American Sociological AssociationOver four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal same-sex …
Queering Marriage
Challenging Family Formation in the United States
Inbunden, 2013
1462 kr
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Co-Winner of the 2015 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements section from the American Sociological AssociationOver four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal same-sex …
Daughters and Granddaughters of Farmworkers
Emerging from the Long Shadow of Farm Labor
Häftad, 2013
426 kr
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In Daughters and Granddaughters of Farmworkers, Barbara Wells examines the work and family lives of Mexican American women in a community near the U.S.-Mexican border in California’s Imperial County. Decades earlier, their Mexican parents and grandparents had made the momentous decision to migrate …
Caring on the Clock
The Complexities and Contradictions of Paid Care Work
Av Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
470 kr
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A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth …
Caring on the Clock
The Complexities and Contradictions of Paid Care Work
Av Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1462 kr
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A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth …
Like Family
Narratives of Fictive Kinship
Häftad, 2020
401 kr
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For decades, social scientists have assumed that “fictive kinship” is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be “like family” among …
Like Family
Narratives of Fictive Kinship
Inbunden, 2020
1752 kr
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For decades, social scientists have assumed that “fictive kinship” is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be “like family” among …
Misconception
Social Class and Infertility in America
Av Ann V. Bell
Häftad, 2014
447 kr
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Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman’s issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by …
Misconception
Social Class and Infertility in America
Av Ann V. Bell
Inbunden, 2014
1768 kr
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Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman’s issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by …
Labor of Love
Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies
Häftad, 2016
400 kr
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While the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid …
Labor of Love
Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies
Inbunden, 2016
1506 kr
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While the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid …
Saving Face
The Emotional Costs of the Asian Immigrant Family Myth
Häftad, 2016
435 kr
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Tiger Mom. Asian patriarchy. Model minority children. Generation gap. The many images used to describe the prototypical Asian family have given rise to two versions of the Asian immigrant family myth. The first celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideal of the …
Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan
Av Amy Brainer
Häftad, 2019
401 kr
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Winner of the 2019 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Single-Authored MonographInterweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including parents and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analyzes the strategies that families use to navigate their internal differences. In …
Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan
Av Amy Brainer
Inbunden, 2019
1695 kr
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Winner of the 2019 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Single-Authored MonographInterweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including parents and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analyzes the strategies that families use to navigate their internal differences. In …
End of International Adoption?
An Unraveling Reproductive Market and the Politics of Healthy Babies
Av Estye Fenton
Häftad, 2019
387 kr
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Since 2004, the number of international adoptions in the United States has declined by more than seventy percent. In The End of International Adoption? Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade during this shift. She investigates the …
End of International Adoption?
An Unraveling Reproductive Market and the Politics of Healthy Babies
Av Estye Fenton
Inbunden, 2019
1752 kr
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Since 2004, the number of international adoptions in the United States has declined by more than seventy percent. In The End of International Adoption? Estye Fenton studies parents in the United States who adopted internationally in the past decade during this shift. She investigates the …
No Real Choice
How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive Autonomy
Häftad, 2021
340 kr
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In the United States, the “right to choose” an abortion is the law of the land. But what if a woman continues her pregnancy because she didn’t really have a choice? What if state laws, federal policies, stigma, and a host of other obstacles push that choice out of her reach? Based on candid, …
No Real Choice
How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive Autonomy
Inbunden, 2021
1746 kr
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In the United States, the “right to choose” an abortion is the law of the land. But what if a woman continues her pregnancy because she didn’t really have a choice? What if state laws, federal policies, stigma, and a host of other obstacles push that choice out of her reach? Based on candid, …
Families for Mobility
Elite Korean Students Abroad and Their Parents' Reproduction of Privilege
Av Juyeon Park
Häftad, 2025
430 kr
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Families for Mobility documents elite Korean transnational families, focusing on how they use elite education abroad as a tool for class reproduction. Drawing on over 100 interviews with both parents and children at elite U.S. colleges, the book explores the desires, aspirations, and expectations …
Families for Mobility
Elite Korean Students Abroad and Their Parents' Reproduction of Privilege
Av Juyeon Park
Inbunden, 2025
1319 kr
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Families for Mobility documents elite Korean transnational families, focusing on how they use elite education abroad as a tool for class reproduction. Drawing on over 100 interviews with both parents and children at elite U.S. colleges, the book explores the desires, aspirations, and expectations …
Paid to Party
Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales
Av Jamie L. Mullaney, Janet Hinson Shope
Häftad, 2012
443 kr
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On any given night in living rooms across America, women gather for a fun girls’ night out to eat, drink, and purchase the latest products-from Amway to Mary Kay cosmetics. Beneath the party atmosphere lies a billion-dollar industry, Direct Home Sales (DHS), which is currently changing how women …
Saving Face
The Emotional Costs of the Asian Immigrant Family Myth
Inbunden, 2016
1648 kr
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Tiger Mom. Asian patriarchy. Model minority children. Generation gap. The many images used to describe the prototypical Asian family have given rise to two versions of the Asian immigrant family myth. The first celebrates Asian families for upholding the traditional heteronormative ideal of the …
