Families, Relationships and Intimate Life, Second Edition is a thorough exploration of the controversies, contradictions and broad patterns that characterize contemporary relationships and families. Beginning with the conceptual scaffolding of families in their historical and cultural context this text includes the key cultural differences of ethnicity, class and sexuality. Theoretical perspectives including functionalism, feminist approaches and reflexive modernization are also clearly outlined. Once the groundwork has been established this book delves into examining the complexity of contemporary family life, covering key elements in the life course - childhood, youth, partnering, parenting and ageing and both the positive and negative sides of family life including intimacy and violence.

Families, Relationships and Intimate Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Dempsey, Deborah

Lindsay, Jo

Sociology

Oxford University Press

Families, Relationships and Intimate Life is a lively and comprehensive introduction to the sociology of the family which explores the controversies, contradictions and broad patterns that characterise contemporary relationships and families.The authors write in an accessible and engaging style which will appeal to students and all of the key elements in the life course are covered - childhood, youth, partnering, parenting and ageing and both the positive and negative sides of family life including intimacy and violence. One of thegreat strength of the book is its consideration of diversity and the factors contributing to the re-shaping families, including discussion of new technologies and social mobility developments.Contemporary examples are included throughout the book, together with critical questions. Each chapter begins with a thought-provoking visual image that will assist students to begin the analytical process of questioning the 'taken for granted' in their everyday lives.

Consuming Families (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

This book explores contemporary families as sites of consumption, examining the changing contexts of family life, where new forms of family are altering how family life is practised and produced, and addressing key social issues – childhood obesity, alchohol and drug addiction, social networking, viral marketing – that put pressure on families as the social, economic and regulatory environments of consumption change.

Maher, JaneMaree

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

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