Not-so-nuclear families : class, gender, and networks of care /

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Main Author: Hansen, Karen V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Networks of interdependence in an age of independence
  • The Cranes: an absorbent safety net
  • The Aldriches: a family foundation
  • The Duvall-Brennans: a loose association of advisors
  • The Beckers: a warm web of people
  • Staging networks: inclusion and exclusion
  • The tangle of reciprocity
  • Men, women, and the gender of caregiving.