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The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family (Hardcover)
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The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family (Hardcover)
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Once everyone knew what the family was. It was something natural
and without a history - mum, dad and the kids. Divorce, women in
the workforce, de facto relationships and the sexual liberation
movements have fractured the old certainties. Nowadays there is
more talk about the family than ever, even if no-one is quite sure
what it is anymore. The making and breaking of the Australian
family looks at the family in history. It traces the shift from the
household economy of the late nineteenth century, to the
child-centred nuclear family of the mid-twentieth century, to the
recent proliferation of households. The book argues that the
so-called traditional family was a quite recent creation, and that
its fragmentation is obscured by new redefinitions of the family.
The making and breaking of the Australian family addresses the
changing experiences of childhood, parenting, home, neighbourhood,
work, birth and sexuality. It examines the expansion of the market
and the state, patterns of class mobilisation, the reconstruction
of masculinity and femininity and the creative strategies of
ordinary people in everyday life. This is a lively and accessible
book, which will prove a valuable reference for students of
history, sociology, women's studies and Australian studies, and
will generate wide discussion amongst people concerned with family
policy, welfare and contemporary social issues.
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