The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class

Reports from the Field

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Sociology
Cover of the book The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class by Tom Fricke, Alesia F. Montgomery, Lawrence S. Root, Alford A. Young Jr., Brian A. Hoey, Conrad P. Kottak, Diana M. Pash, Riché Jeneen Daniel Barnes, Erin N. Winkler, Sallie Han, Todd L. Goodsell, Carolyn Chen, M Eugenia Deerman, Kathryn M. Dudley, Lexington Books
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Author: Tom Fricke, Alesia F. Montgomery, Lawrence S. Root, Alford A. Young Jr., Brian A. Hoey, Conrad P. Kottak, Diana M. Pash, Riché Jeneen Daniel Barnes, Erin N. Winkler, Sallie Han, Todd L. Goodsell, Carolyn Chen, M Eugenia Deerman, Kathryn M. Dudley ISBN: 9781461634300
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: March 14, 2008
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Tom Fricke, Alesia F. Montgomery, Lawrence S. Root, Alford A. Young Jr., Brian A. Hoey, Conrad P. Kottak, Diana M. Pash, Riché Jeneen Daniel Barnes, Erin N. Winkler, Sallie Han, Todd L. Goodsell, Carolyn Chen, M Eugenia Deerman, Kathryn M. Dudley
ISBN: 9781461634300
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: March 14, 2008
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed chapters based on their original field research, following each chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The volume concludes with an original essay by Kathryn Dudley, an anthropologist who has spent decades studying the intersections of work, family, and class in American culture. As a whole, the volume highlights how culture shapes family life amid shifting social and economic landscapes.

The authors, working in the fields of anthropology and sociology, observed daily life at workplaces and in homes, interviewing people about their work, their children, and their ideas about what makes a good family. They report on their fieldwork in essays rich with the detail of everyday life, revealing the fascinating diversity of American middle-class families through chapters about gay co-father families, African American stay-at-home mothers, first-time fathers, rural refugees from corporate America, well-off white mothers, Taiwanese immigrant churches, the fetal ultrasound, and more.

The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class is an excellent text for classes in anthropology, sociology, American culture, family studies, work and family, and gender studies.

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This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed chapters based on their original field research, following each chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The volume concludes with an original essay by Kathryn Dudley, an anthropologist who has spent decades studying the intersections of work, family, and class in American culture. As a whole, the volume highlights how culture shapes family life amid shifting social and economic landscapes.

The authors, working in the fields of anthropology and sociology, observed daily life at workplaces and in homes, interviewing people about their work, their children, and their ideas about what makes a good family. They report on their fieldwork in essays rich with the detail of everyday life, revealing the fascinating diversity of American middle-class families through chapters about gay co-father families, African American stay-at-home mothers, first-time fathers, rural refugees from corporate America, well-off white mothers, Taiwanese immigrant churches, the fetal ultrasound, and more.

The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class is an excellent text for classes in anthropology, sociology, American culture, family studies, work and family, and gender studies.

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