Handbook of Contemporary Families: Considering the Past, Contemplating the Future

648 Pages·2003·31.658 MB·english

by  Marilyn Coleman

Handbook of
CONTEMPORARY
FAMILIES
Considering the Past,
Contemplating theFuture
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Marilyn Coleman
awrence H. Ganong

Handbook of
CONTEMPORARY
FAMILIES
Considering the Past,
Contemplating the Future

Handbook of
CONTEMPORARY
FAMILIES
Considering the Past,
Contemplating the Future
Marilyn Coleman
University of Missouri, Columbia
awrence H. Ganong
University of Missouri, Columbia
SAGE Publications
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook of contemporary families : considering the past, contemplating the future / editors
Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7619-2713-1 (cloth)
1. Lamily—United States. 2. Pluralism (Social sciences)—United States. I. Coleman,
Marilyn. II. Ganong, Lawrence H.
HQ536.H3185 2004
305.85’0973—dc222
2003015932
03 04 05 06 07 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Acquiring Editor: Jim Brace-Thompson
Editorial Assistant: Karen Ehrmann
Production Editor: Sanford Robinson
Copy Editor: Elisabeth Magnus
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Indexer: Jean Casalegno
Cover Designer: Michelle Lee Kenny
Contents
Introduction ix
PART I: CONSIDERING THE PAST,
CONTEMPLATING THE FUTURE 1
1. Household Diversity: The Starting Point for
Healthy Families in the New Century 3
John Scanzoni
2. Alternate Lifestyles Today: Off the Family Studies Screen
Roger H. Rubin
3. The Social and Cultural Construction of
American Childhood 36
Steven Mintz
PART II: CONTEMPORARY COUPLES 55
4. Cohabitation and Family Change 57
Judith A. Seltzer
5. Variations in Marriage Over Time: An Ecological/
Exchange Perspective 79
Ronald M. Sabatelli
Karen Ripoll
6. Gay Men and Lesbians: The Family Context 96
Lawrence A. Kurdek
7. Ambiguous Constructions: Development
of a Childless or Child-Free Life Course 116
Richard Bulcroft
Jay Teachman
8. Intimate Relationships in Later Life: Current Realities,
Future Prospects 136
Teresa M. Cooney
Kathleen Dunne
PART III: GENDER ISSUES IN
CONTEMPORARY EAMILIES 153
9. Jobs, Marriage, and Parenting:
Working It Out in Dual-Earner Families 155
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Elizabeth Turner
10. Gendered Family Relations:
The More Things Change, the More They
Stay the Same 174
Lori A. McGraw
Alexis J. Walker
11. Feminist Visions for Transforming Families:
Desire and Equality Then and Now 192
Katherine R. Allen
PART IV: RAISING CHILDREN IN
CONTEMPORARY EAMILIES 207
12. Encountering Oppositions: A
Review of Scholarship About Motherhood 209
Susan Walzer
13. Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Dilemmas 224
Scott Coltrane
14. Pathogenic-Conflict Families and Children:
What We Know, What We Need to Know 244
W. Glenn Clingempeel
Eulalee Brand-Clingempeel
PART V: CHANGING FAMILY STRUCTURES 263
15. Divorce in Social and Historical Context:
Changing Scientific Perspectives on Children and
Marital Dissolution 265
Paul R. Amato