Beyond the Family: The Social Organization of Human Reproduction - Couverture souple

Robertson, A F

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520077210 ISBN 13 : 9780520077218

Editeur : University of California Press, 1991

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

∗ WINNER OF THE 1992 WILLIAM J. GOODE BOOK AWARD ∗

′Robertson′s wide–ranging analysis casts new perspectives on families, reproductive processes, and large–scale social institutions. His work is a major contribution to our understanding of these complex and intricate patterns of social and economic life.′ Patricia Voydanoff, American Sociological Association.

′The importance of this book should not go unrecognised at a time when the social issues surrounding the central feature of human experience – reproduction – are receiving renewed interest in the light of the new reproductive technologies currently available... its impact is likely to be significant... All those teaching or researching into reproductive behaviour should have this carefully researched and well argued book on their shelves.′ Journal of Biosocial Science.

′I found this book enjoyable, stimulating, and a good read for any social scientist interested in what, before reading this book, I would unhesitatingly have called the family.′ The Economic Journal

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book challenges the conventional view that the ′family′ is a coherent institution, arguing instead that sociologists and anthropologists should concentrate upon the study of human reproduction.

Robertson argues that looking back on the pre–industrial world can help us to understand our dependence on such institutions as banks, schools, factories, clinics and others. It can also increase our awareness of how our experience of industrialism has biased our thinking about family life.

Beyond the Family pursues the idea that in order to understand and perhaps influence the many important issues of modern life – gender and generation gaps, economic and political implications of increased longevity – we need to readdress the role of the family, ignoring emotional prejudices, and assemble new interpretations of the social organisation of reproduction.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0520077210
• ISBN 13: 9780520077218
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250