Public & private families : an introduction / Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University.
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TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2021Edition: Ninth editionDescription: xxviii, 434 pages : 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781260571394Other title: Public and private familiesSubject(s): Families -- United States | Families | Family policyLOC classification: HQ 536 | C44 2021Summary: "The sociology of the family is deceptively hard to study. Unlike, say, physics, the topic is familiar (a word whose very root is Latin for "family") because virtually everyone grows up in families. Therefore, it can seem "easy" to study the family because students can bring to bear their personal knowledge of the subject. Some textbooks play to this familiarity by mainly providing students with an opportunity to better understand their private lives. The authors never stray too far from the individual experiences of the readers, focusing on personal choices such as whether to marry and whether to have children. To be sure, giving students insight into the social forces that shape their personal decisions about family life is a worthwhile objective. Nevertheless, the challenge of writing about the sociology of the family is also to help students understand that the significance of families extends beyond personal experience. Today, as in the past, the family is the site of not only private decisions but also activities that matter to our society as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
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National Museum of the Philippines On Display | Non-fiction | GAD HQ 536 C44 2021 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | NMLIB-01557 |
Previous edition published in 2017.
"The sociology of the family is deceptively hard to study. Unlike, say, physics, the topic is familiar (a word whose very root is Latin for "family") because virtually everyone grows up in families. Therefore, it can seem "easy" to study the family because students can bring to bear their personal knowledge of the subject. Some textbooks play to this familiarity by mainly providing students with an opportunity to better understand their private lives. The authors never stray too far from the individual experiences of the readers, focusing on personal choices such as whether to marry and whether to have children. To be sure, giving students insight into the social forces that shape their personal decisions about family life is a worthwhile objective. Nevertheless, the challenge of writing about the sociology of the family is also to help students understand that the significance of families extends beyond personal experience. Today, as in the past, the family is the site of not only private decisions but also activities that matter to our society as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
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