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In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780807004333
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0807004332
Label: Beacon Press
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: September 01, 1997
Publisher: Beacon Press
Studio: Beacon Press
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A collection of essays by Judith Stacey, a professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of California, Davis, that acknowledge concerns about the disintegration of the traditional family, while attacking the efforts of right-wing conservatives to reinstate the family of the 1950s through fear and advocacy of male dominance. Using studies of blue-collar, low-income families, single-mothers and gay and lesbian households, Stacey illustrates that far from being examples of failure or despair, these families are models of ingenuity and flexibility.
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Rating:  - a great read
Stacey describes the changes in and the politics of "the family" in ways that are unsurpassed for their insight and clarity. The fact that this work comes from a particular political orientation is not something she tries to hide, and she persuasively argues, here and elsewhere, that the claim to pure objectivity in family-related research is dangerous. At the same time, she is remarkably balanced, recognizing that orientations toward the family do not neatly line up along the lines of political ... Read More
Rating:  - more of the same from the extreme left in the family debate
Katha Pollitt, the Nation writer, likes this book. Katha Pollitt, the Nation writer, also thinks the fact that babies are exceedingly interested in their mothers' breasts (for the milk contained therein, 'naturally'!) is not natural, but rather a mere (one hesitates to repeat the mantra) social construction (see her list of other book reviews). (and btw, how about those stupid right-wing babies, believing their motivations toward the breast are somehow hard-wired into them, rather than being the ... Read More
Rating: - Terrific Book!
in clear, pithy language,the sociologist Judith Stacey explains why current Dan-Quayle-style "family values" moralizing is out of step with the more fluid family arrangements of our era. She shows the damage "pro-family" ideologues have done by devaluing single mothers, live-togethers, gay and lesbian parents -- denied custody, punitive welfare "reform," etc -- an eye-opener!
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