Sociology: Family & Relationships

O'Hagan explores the phenomenon of filicide, a deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. Examining over 120 cases of filic...

This anthology deals with changes in values, norms, and attitudes in our society, which is increasingly characterized by cultural diversity. Embedd...

Making a Good Life takes a timely look at the ideas and values that inform how people think about reproduction and assisted reproductive technologi...

The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present d...

The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present d...

The pieces in this collection capture the feeling of being buffeted by great gusts of middle-aged longing. What began as one womans quarrel with Bu...

Make It happen!Take your daily organizing to the next level with this exuberant month-at-a-glance planner from celebrated artist Andrea Pippins. Th...

How the financial pressures of paying for college affect the lives and well-being of middle-class familiesThe struggle to pay for college is a defi...

Speak Strong! Its a leadership skill, a success strategy and a moral imperative. Research shows 90% of us stay silent in situations that call for s...

Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of ch...

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In Undoing Monogamy Angela Willey offers a radically interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of monogamy in U.S. science and culture, propelle...

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the med...

Marriages across ethnic borders are increasing in frequency, yet little is known of how discourses of 'normal' families, ethnicity, race, migration...

The futures of reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately connected. Both movements were born out of the desire to love and build ...

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work examines the institution of motherhood an...

Drawing on international case studies, the contributors extrapolate a systematization of the ways in which siblingship is conceived on the basis of...

How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their childrenHow do American parents pass their religion on to their c...

Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adopt...

Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely ...

This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people...

Exploring the experiences of children encountering war and armed conflict, this book draws upon history, ethnography, sociology, literature, media ...

This book discusses the crisis of caregiving as it affects parents seeking to provide good care for their children and people who care for their ag...

Assembling Mass Observation Archive material with historiographies of family, house and nation from ancient-Greece to present-day Europe, China and...

It is now over 20 years since 'open adoption' was first introduced, but it remains a controversial and contested part of social work practice. This...

This volume of Lévi-Strauss's writings from 1941 to 1947 bears witness to a period of his work which is often overlooked but which was the crucible...

Motherhood in Patriarchy pioneers the argument that the current Western understanding of motherhood is a patriarchal one based on a long historical...

Mignon R. Moore brings to light the family life of a group that has been largely invisible - gay women of color - in a book that challenges long-st...

This collection is the first to examine the life experiences of young adult immigrants in Europe, as transmitted by the young adults themselves, an...

This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or ...

This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both th...

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