The Way We Never Were: American Families & the Nostalgia Trap
The Way We Never Were examines two centuries of American family life and shatters a series of myths and half-truths that burden modern families. Placing current family dilemmas in the context of far-reaching economic, political, and demographic changes, Coontz sheds new light on such contemporary...
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The Way We Never Were examines two centuries of American family life and shatters a series of myths and half-truths that burden modern families. Placing current family dilemmas in the context of far-reaching economic, political, and demographic changes, Coontz sheds new light on such contemporary concerns as parenting, privacy, love, the division of labor along gender lines, the black family, feminism, and sexual practice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465090976 (0465090974)
ASIN: 465090974
Publish date: October 6th 1993
Publisher: Basic Books Inc. (NY)
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Feminism,
Culture,
Politics,
American History,
Sociology,
Cultural Studies,
Social Science,
Gender,
Gender Studies
Packed with facts and stats with little commentary (this is a good thing)The subject I hadn't ever considered and now will think hard on is the idea of romantic love being a counter-balance to societal individualism.
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