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Diversity in Family Life: Gender, Relationships and Social Change

By Elisabetta Ruspini

Book information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781447300922, 9781447320555, 9781447320562, 1447300920
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
552 kB (565114 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
176\0
Time added
2023-03-18 05:10:55

Description

As new forms of family and 'non-traditional' families grow in number, there is a need to understand these 'new' arrangements and models of parenthood. This ground-breaking book discusses, using a comparative and a sociological perspective, examples of the relationship between changing gender identities and processes of family formation in the Western experience. It aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a biological' sexual body. 'Diversity in family life' will help readers discover and understand the characteristics, advantages and drawbacks of these new models of parenthood, and their political implications in terms of social movements, characteristics and demands.

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