| The Anti-Social Family Contributor(s): Barrett, Michele (Author), McIntosh, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1781687595 ISBN-13: 9781781687598 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.85 |
| Series: Radical Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite much talk of its decline, the nuclear family persists as a structure central to contemporary society, a fact to be lamented, according to the ideas of Mich le Barrett and Mary McIntosh. The Anti-social Family dissects the network of household, kinship and sexual relations that constitute the family form in advanced capitalist societies to show how they reinforce conditions of inequality. This classic work explores the personal and social needs that the family promises to meet but more often denies, and proposes moral and political practices for more egalitarian caring alternatives. |