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图书目录:Preface
Introduction PART I THE EVOLVING FAMILY Chapter 1 Family Origins and Development 1. The Origin of the Family / Kathleen Gough Although the family probably started when we were naked apes, neither it nor its particular forms are programmed in our genes. 2. On Family Life under the Factory System / Karl Marx Early industrial capitalism disrupted family life and even converted children into the machinery of the factory. 3. World Revolution and Family Patterns / William J. Goode Modern industrial systems are usually more compatible with the conjugal family -- centered on the married couple -- than with large kin networks. Chapter 2 The American Family and Social Change 4. The American Family in Past Time / John Demos History shows no golden age of the family gleaming at us from far back in the past. 5. Children of the Great Depression / Glen H. Elder, Jr. Social crises like depressions and wars can have a long lasting effect on the individuals and ]amilies who live through them. 6. A Demographer Looks at American Families / Paul C. Glick During the past 35 years, changing ideas about the family have been reflected in marriage, fertility, and divorce rates. PART II / SEXUALITY AND SEX ROLES Chapter 3 The Social Meaning of Sexuality 7. The Social Psychology of Sexual Development / John Gagnon and Bruce Henderson Our sexuality is not derived from an inborn biological plan or drive but from a complex body of learned impressions. 8. What We Don′t Know about Homosexuality / Robert E. GouM Homosexuality isn′t an illness -- but we don′t know much about it, or about heterosexuality. 9. Marital Sex / Morton Hunt Sexual liberation may be having its greatest impact within the safe confines ofmonogamous marriage. 10. Blue-Collar Marriage and the Sexual Revolution / Lillian Breslow Rubin Although the sexual revolution has for some people opened up the possibility of pleasures long denied, for others it has created new problems. Chapter 4 Women′s Roles 11. The Changing Status of American Women: A Life-Cycle Perspective / Roxann A. Van Dusen and Eleanor Bernert Sheldon Social definitions of women′s roles are catching up with reality the reduced importance of marriage and the family over the course of women′s lives. 12. The Sociology of Housework / Ann Oakley Housework is a job -- and the most disliked part of being a housewife. 13. What Do I Do for the Next 20 Years? / Susan Jacoby The ideas of women′s liberation have also had a pronounced effect upon middle-aged, lower middle-class women. 14. Beyond Androgyny: Some Presumptuous Prescriptions for a Liberated Sexual Identity / Sandra Lipsitz Bem Fully effective and healthy human functioning requires a fusion of masculine and feminine traits into a more balanced, truly androgynous personality. Chapter 5 Men′s Roles 15. The Inexpressive Male: A Tragedy of American Society / Jack O. Balswick and Charles W. Peek Little boys, taught in American society to be tough and to avoid showing emotions, often grow up to be inadequate mates. 16. Cultural Contradictions and Sex Roles / Mirra Komarovsky Ivy League men who affirm the abstract value of sexual equality nevertheless remain attached to traditional attitudes and behavior towards women. 17. On Men: The Making of a Confused Middle-Class Husband / S. M. Miller A well-known sociologist analyzes his personal struggle to reconcile egalitarian convictions with household realities. 18. Battle of the Sexes / E. E. LeMasters The men and women at a blue-collar bar view each other with a wary distrust--they know they need each other, but they are never sure how an alliance or truce will work out. Chapter 6 Coupling and Uncoupling 19. Changing Sex Roles and the Future of Marriage / Janet Zollinger Giele The future of marriage seems to lie in two directions: towards a more equal division of labor, and an expansion of marital boundaries. 20. Five Types of Marriage / John F. Cuber and Peggy B. Harroff Marriages don′t have to be happy to last a long time, and happy marriages aren′t all alike. 21. To Love, Honor and Obey? / Lenore J. Weitzman The law′s traditional concepts o/the family impose an unwritten and unfavorable marriage contract on women. 22. Breakups Before Marriage / Charles T. Hill, Zick Rubin, and Letitia Anne Peplau Many college students are getting the best divorce you can get the one that happens before marriage. 23. The Erosion of Love and the Persistence of Attachment / Robert S. Weiss Even when marriages turn sour and love fades, separated spouses often remain emotionally attached to one another. PART III / PARENTS AND CHILDREN Chapter 7 Parenthood 24. Transition to Parenthood / Alice S. Rossi Parenthood in modern America can be very hard on parents. 25. The Acceptance of the Concept of the Maternal Role by Behavioral Scientists / Rochelle Paul Wortis Social scientists have sentimentalized the mother-child relationship, and have overlooked the harmful effects of isolating mothers and children from the rest of society. 26. Fathers and America in Transition / David B. Lynn Dad′s position in the family may be ambiguous and ineffectual, but it′s not Mom′s fault. 27. Demythologizing Child Abuse / Richard J. Gelles Child abuse is neither new nor dramatically increasing, nor are child abusers very different from the rest of us. 28. Neither Witch nor Good Fairy / Brenda Maddox If you marry someone who already has children, you enter the most uncertain and difficult of all family relationships, step-parenthood. Chapter 8 Childhood 29. The Psychological Requirements for Human Development Jerome Kagan Other than protecting their children from disease and physical discomfort, parents need not follow specific child-rearing guidelines if they want healthy, normally developed children. 30. The Effects of Parental Divorce / Judith S. Wallerstein and Joan B. Kelley Divorce may be a part of the American way of life, but it can still make children feel hurt, lonely, humiliated, and powerless. 31. On the Decline of Age Grading in Rural Hippie Communes Bennett M. Berger and Bruce M. Hackett It is possible to treat children as simply younger members of the community, rather than as a special category of persons who must be kept separate from adult life. 41. Getting It All Together′: Some Group Issues in Communes Rosabeth Moss Kanter Today′s communes represent a reawakening of a search/or Utopia -- with all its problems- that has been carried out in America since colonial times. 42. Does the Family Have a Future? / Suzanne Keller The family is not universal, not immune to change, not the pillar of society; and is constantly being challenged by changes in work, sex roles, and biology. |