| Media and Middle Class Moms: Images and Realities of Work and Family Contributor(s): Descartes, Lara J. (Author), Kottak, Conrad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415993091 ISBN-13: 9780415993098 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: This book engagingly presents firsthand, ethnographic research from a study that examined, in the context of actual work/family choices, how middle class American parents received, processed, and sometimes resisted media messages about work and family. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.231 |
| LCCN: 2008032481 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 12 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues. The book insightfully reports that families struggle with, and make work/family decisions based largely on the images and ideas they receive from media sources, though they strongly deny being so influenced. An ideal book for teaching undergraduate family, media, and methods courses. |
