| Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies Contributor(s): Delphy, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745609856 ISBN-13: 9780745609850 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $34.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1992 Annotation: This important new book creates new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships. In so doing it recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas. Theoretical innovation is consistently matched by empirical analysis of the family in diverse settings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 306.8 |
| LCCN: 92011058 |
| Series: Feminist Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This important new book creates new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships. In so doing it recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas. Theoretical innovation is consistently matched by empirical analysis of the family in diverse settings. |