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Family Patterns, Gender Relations

by (author) Bonnie Fox

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2013
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195447477
    Publish Date
    Dec 2013
    List Price
    $129.99

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Description

This new fourth edition offers a thought-provoking introduction to key issues, questions, findings, and debates in family studies. Combining high-quality readings with contextualizing part introductions, this compelling collection explores the complex dynamics of family life with a focus on how gendered relationships continue to play a major role in the structure of today's families. With classic and contemporary readings from Canada, the US, and the UK, Family Patterns, Gender Relations offers students a wide variety of perspectives on what it means to be a family in our modern world.

About the author

Bonnie Fox is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

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