The Stuff of Family Life

How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives

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The Stuff of Family Life

How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives

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Does putting your smartphone on the dinner table impact your relationships? How does where you place your TV in your home affect your family? The Stuff of Family Life takes readers inside the changing world of families through a unique examination of their stuff. From digital family photo albums to the growing popularity of “man caves,” author Michelle Janning looks at not only what large demographic studies say about family dynamics but also what our lives—and the stuff in them—say about how we relate to each other. The book takes readers through various phases of family life, including dating, marriage, parenting, divorce, and aging, while paying attention to how our choices about our spaces and objects impact our lives.

Janning has joked, “I'm not a social scientist who uses large national datasets to illustrate family life; I’m the social scientist who asks people to examine what’s in their underwear drawers to tell stories about their family life.” From underwear drawers to calendars, The Stuff of Family Life offers an illuminating and entertaining look at the complexities of American families today.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:
Families, Home Spaces, and Objects: Welcome Mats and Plumbing Pipes

Chapter 2:
From Childhood to Adulthood: Stuffed Animals, Blankets, and Wall Posters

Chapter 3:
Couplehood: Love Letters and Beds

Chapter 4:
Parents and Children: Family Photo Albums and LEGO Bricks

Chapter 5:
Gender and Household Division of Labor: Tool Boxes and Spices

Chapter 6:
Home and Paid Work Intersections: Work Bags and Calendars

Chapter 7:
Separated Families: Sofabeds, Laptops, and Cell Phones

Chapter 8:
Beyond Single (Nuclear) Families: Dining Tables and Dishes

Chapter 9:
Families, Homes, and Social Change: Toilets and Showers

Epilogue
Spatial, Material, and Social Boundaries for Families: Fences and Pathways

Product details

Published 05 May 2017
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 238
ISBN 9781442254800
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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