The Family Issues Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506306896 ISBN 13: 9781506306896

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Carefully selected and edited by Constance L. Shehan, The Family Issues Reader is a new anthology of recent articles from one of the leading family science publications, the Journal of Family Issues (SAGE).  The 47 articles in this collection follow the scope and sequence of family sociology and family relations courses, and provide a wide range of perspectives on families and intimate relationships. Focusing on families in the United States, the readings reflect a diversity of family experiences along dimensions of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, rural-urban residence, gender, age, and sexual identity/orientation.

About this title

About the Author

Connie Shehan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Florida. Her teaching and scholarly interests are family, gender, work, and aging. Connie’s Marriage and Family textbook was published by Allyn & Bacon/Pearson. As the longstanding Editor of the Journal of Family Issues, she has many professional relationships with family scholars who are contributors or editorial board members of the journal.

From the Back Cover

Carefully selected and edited by Constance L. Shehan, The Family Issues Reader is a new anthology of recent articles from one of the leading family science publications, the Journal of Family Issues (SAGE). The 47 articles in this collection follow the scope and sequence of family sociology and family relations courses, and provide a wide range of perspectives on families and intimate relationships. Focusing on families in the United States, the readings reflect a diversity of family experiences along dimensions of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, rural-urban residence, gender, age, and sexual identity/orientation.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506306896
• ISBN 13: 9781506306896
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 712
• Editor: Shehan Constance L.