Family in Transition

* indicates new reading. I. THE CHANGING FAMILY.

1. Families Past and Present.


*1. William J. Goode, "The Theoretical Importance of the Family."



2. Anthony Giddens, "The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life."



3. Arlene Skolnick, "The Life Course Revolution."



4. Stephanie Coontz, "What We Really Miss About the 1950s."

2. Public Debates and Private Lives.


5. Sharon Hays, "The Mommy Wars."



6. Janet Giele, "The Decline of the Family: Conservative, Liberal and Feminist Views."



*7. Andrew J. Cherlin, "Should the Government Promote Marriage?"

II. THE SEX AND GENDER.

3. Changing Gender Roles.


8. Robert M. Jackson, "Destined for Equality."



9. Kathleen Gerson, "Children of the Gender Revolution: Some Theoretical Questions and Findings from the Field."



10. Scott Coltrane and Michele Adams, "Mens Family Work: Child-Centered Fathering and the Sharing of Domestic Labor."

4. Sexuality and Society.


11. Amy T. Schalet, "Adolescent Sexuality and the Constitution of the Modern Individual in the United States and the Netherlands."



*12. Beth Bailey, "Sexual Revolutions."



*13. Supreme Court of the United States, "The Case of Lawrence v. Texas: A Milestone for Gay Rights."

5. Courtship and Marriage.


14. Mary Riege Laner and Nicole A. Ventrone, "Dating Scripts Revisited."



*15. Arlene Skolnick, "Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail."



*16. Lynne M. Casper and Suzanne M. Bianchi, "Cohabitation."



17. Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., "The Future of Marriage."

6. Divorce and Remarriage.


18. Karla B. Hackstaff, "Divorce Culture: A Quest for Relational Equality in Marriage."



*19. Joan B. Kelly and Robert E. Emery, "Childrens Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives."



*20. Mary Ann Mason, "The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities."

III. PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

7. Parenthood.


*21. Phillip A. Cowan and Carolyn P. Cowan, "New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers."



*22. Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel, "Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States."



23. Mary Lyndon Shanley, "Transracial and Open Adoption: New Forms of Family Relationships."



*24. Nicholas Townsend, "The Four Aspects of Fatherhood."

8. Childhood.


*25. Stephen Mintz, "Beyond Sentimentality: American Childhood as a Social and Cultural Construct."



26. Ellen Galinsky, "What Children Think About Their Working Parents."



*27. Vern L. Bengston, Timothy J. Biblarz, and Robert E.L. Roberts, "How Families Still Matter: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in Two Generations."

IV. FAMILIES IN SOCIETY.

9. Work and Family.


28. Lillian B. Rubin, "Families on the Fault Line."



29. Katherine S. Newman, "Family Values Against the Odds."



*30. Arlie Hochschild with Anne Machung, "The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home."



*31. Kathleen Gerson and Jerry Jacobs, "Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families?: Explaining Trends in Work, Leisure and Family Time."

10. Dimensions of Diversity.


32. Ronald L. Taylor, "Diversity Within African-American Families."



33. Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells, "Diversity Within Latino Families."



*34. Ellen Lewin, "'You'll Never Walk Alone': Lesbian and Gay Weddings and the Authenticity of the Same Sex Couple."



35. Karen Pyke, " The Normal American Family as an Interpretive Structure of Family Life Among Grown Children of Korean and Vietnamese Immigrants."

11. Trouble in the Family.


36. Kristin Luker, "Why Do They Do It?"



37. Kathryn Edin, "Few Good Men: Why Poor Mothers Stay Single."



38. Michael P. Johnson and Kathleen J. Ferraro, "Research on Domestic Violence in the 1990s: Making Distinctions."