Reinventing the Family In Search of New Lifestyles

Name: Reinventing the Family In Search of New Lifestyles
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ISBN: 9780745622149

ISBN-10: 0745622143

ISBN-13: 9780745622149

Edition: 2002

Authors: Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, Patrick Camiller

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In this text, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim looks at the future of our lives after the family. Examining the breakdown of the conventional family unit, she explores the new choices that are open to individuals, and analyzes our anxieties.

Book details

List price: $23.75
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638



Preface to the English Edition


Acknowledements



The New Confusion about the Family



When Divorce Becomes Normal


Stability of the family--for and against


The dynamic of family development


The complex relations of a divorced family


From the normal biography to the do-it-yourself biography



Life as a Planning Project


The rise of the idea of planning


Precautions in personal relationships


Unplanned consequences of the planning project



Generational Contract and Gender Relations


Traditional expectations: women as a 'hidden resource' in relations between the generations


The times are changing: women as a 'scarce resource' in relations between the generations


The search for new models



We Want a Special Child


Parenthood in modernity: the precept of optimum support


The supply of prenatal and genetic diagnosis


The promises of reproductive medicine


What future?



Towards the Multicultural Family


A problem of social order


The example of the United States: who is a black?


From the history of National Socialism: who is a Jew?


Difficult concepts: the burden of history


Who is a German today?


Living between cultures


Notes


References


Index