Reinventing the Family
Subtitle: In Search of New Lifestyles
Contributors: Patrick Camiller (Translator)
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: April 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780745622149
Subjects: Family & relationships; Sociology - General; Lifestyles; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Family & Relationships / Family Relationships; General; Family
First sentence: their own. (Sometimes, though, they may all end up in court before a judge arguing over who is the child's 'real' mother.) Or take the case of the older, post-menopausal woman who becomes pregnant by having an embryo implanted from a younger woman (so that the child she bears in not biologically her own).
Description: "The traditional image of the family as a life-long unit is fading fast. There are fewer marriages, more divorces, and ever more children born to unmarried or single parents. The forms of our private life are changing rapidly, and people are embarking on new lifestyles based on cohabitation, separation and same-sex partnerships. In this lively and accessible new book, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim looks at the future of our lives after the family. Examining the breakdown of the conventional family unit, she explores the new choices that are open to individuals, and analyses our anxiety over the ensuing loss of stability."--Jacket.