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Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research (CPFR) provides a
forum for the very latest in family research; examining family
structures, behaviours, and relationships from a variety of
theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary viewpoints. Published
annually, each volume focuses upon a 'hot topic' at the leading
edge of family research, providing in-depth coverage from expert
authors. Previous volumes have covered issues such as economic
stress, family relations in the 21st Century, and parent-child
relations in later life. Each annual volume recognizes the
mainstream of family research topics and provides detailed
investigations within those topics. In addition, each annual volume
honours the internationalization of family research, and provides
perspectives on each topic from a truly cross-cultural point of
view.
Gendering Bodies explains how the social world shapes our physical
bodies and how our bodies shape the social world. In this
remarkable investigation into contemporary ideas of gender,
sociologists Crawley, Foley, and Shehan argue that bodies are
constantly being gendered, or encouraged to participate in
(heterosexual) gender conformity. This engendering influences
nutrition practices, work and employment choices, dieting, working
out, cosmetic surgery, sexual practices, and training-or lack
thereof-in sports or fitness. This is an accessible, yet
comprehensive, sociological inquiry into a theory of the gendered
body.
Carefully selected and edited by Constance L. Shehan, The Family
Issues Reader is a new anthology of recent articles from one of the
leading family science publications, the Journal of Family Issues
(SAGE). The 47 articles in this collection follow the scope and
sequence of family sociology and family relations courses, and
provide a wide range of perspectives on families and intimate
relationships. Focusing on families in the United States, the
readings reflect a diversity of family experiences along dimensions
of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, rural-urban
residence, gender, age, and sexual identity/orientation.
This two-volume set examines how the evolution of gender roles in
the United States has changed family dynamics, business practices,
concepts of womanhood and manhood, and affected debates about
equality, political and military service, and childrearing roles
and practices. In the centuries that have passed since colonial
America was first established, gender roles in American society
have undergone massive transformations, with impacts that have been
felt in every aspect of our culture. This evolution in gender roles
has affected society in practically every conceivable manner, from
family dynamics, the economy, and entertainment to business
practices, how politics and military training are conducted, and
childrearing roles and practices. In some places, it has sparked a
tremendous backlash among Americans who see traditional gender
roles as one of the country's foundational pillars. This set
surveys all of these issues, making use of a wide assortment of
primary documents to help readers understand the individuals,
events, and ideas responsible for these changes in how American
men, boys, women, and girls live, work, play, and relate to one
another. These documents include speeches, testimony, and
manifestos issued by prominent activists and commentators; recorded
remarks of U.S. presidents and members of Congress; newspaper
editorials, poems, short stories, and personal letters written by
generations of American men and women; and passages from key
Supreme Court decisions and legislation that have influenced gender
roles-or were the result of evolving ideas regarding gender.
Readers will also be able to consider first-hand the experiences of
women and men who have been on the front lines of these changes,
from stay-at-home dads to women in the military; government
reports; and memoirs, essays, and other commentaries featuring
different ideological perspectives on where men and women stand in
American society in the 21st century. Addresses an important,
high-interest topic for students as well as general audiences: how
and why gender roles have evolved dramatically in American culture
Presents essential and illuminating primary documents from multiple
perspectives-mal and female, conservative and progressive,
historical and current Includes original headnotes and essays that
provide essential context for a more complete understanding of
documents and events
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