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Families, relationships and intimate life
Jo Lindsay ; Deborah Dempsey
South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN: 9780195562026
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Book description
Families, Relationships and Intimate Life is a lively,
accessible and comprehensive introduction to the sociology of the family.
The book thoroughly explores the controversies, contradictions and broad
patterns that characterise contemporary relationships and families.
One of the great strengths of the book is its consideration of diversity and
the factors that contribute to the re-shaping of families and relationships,
including new technologies, social mobility and demographic change.
All of the key stages in the life courses are covered: childhood, youth,
partnering, parenting and ageing, as are both the positive and negative
aspects of family life, including intimacy and violence.
Contemporary examples are included throughout the book, together with
critical questions and thought-provoking visual images to encourage readers
to examine what is often taken for granted in their everyday lives.
About the author
Jo Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Political
and Social Inquiry at Monash University.
Deborah Dempsey is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Life and Social
Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology.
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