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Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption
This book looks at the simultaneous processes of making and un-making of families that are part of the adoption practice. Global Families, Inequality and Transnational Adoption …
Women Doing Intimacy
This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of …
Stepfamilies
Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily networks, focusing on …
Everyday Friendships
This book conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. It shows that the analysis …
Doing Good Parenthood
This edited collection shows that good parenthood is neither fixed nor stable. The authors illustrate how different versions of parenthood coexist and how complex sets of actions …
Distance Relationships
Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and …
Negotiating Fatherhood
Winner of the Leisure Studies Association's Outstanding Book Prize This book examines the tensions and ambivalences which men encounter as they negotiate contemporary expectations …
Changing Families, Changing Food
Approaching family through the lens of food, this book provides a new perspective on the diversity of contemporary family life, challenging received ideas about the decline of the …
Understanding Families Over Time
Drawing on research from the Timescapes Study, this volume discusses the life chances and experiences of children and young people, parents and older generations. A unique …
Household Divisions of Labour
This book investigates the extent of gender inequality in the division of labour in the modern household. Through comparisons of the time allocations of single couple families …
Technology, Culture, Family
This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing social problems. It explores the …
Age-Dissimilar Couples and Romantic Relationships
There has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar couples in recent years. This book examines how the romantic relationships of these couples are understood. Based on …