Families in the U.S.: Kinship and Domestic Politics

Women in the Political Economy

by Karen V. Hansen (Editor)

Attempts to do justice to the complexity of contemporary families and to situate them in their economic, political, and cultural contexts. This book explores the ways in which family life is gendered and reflects on the work of maintaining family and kin relationships, especially as social and family power structures change over time.

888 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 1998