THE FAMILY
This course will provide an overview of the family from a sociological perspective. The family is considered to be one of the most private and pervasive social institutions in society. All of us have had contact with at least one family, and many of us will be involved in several different families during our life time. The family also is undergoing numerous transformations. To obtain a better understanding of these changes, recent sociological research and data on the family will be utilized in this course. The course is organized into seven thematic sections. After looking at the historical origins of the family, we will turn our attention to the contemporary family and its diversity. First, we will examine traditional marriage and alternative processes of mate selection and family formation. The next section of the course will focus on the relationship between gender, power, and conflict. In this section we will examine domestic and family violence. The second half of the course will begin with an examination of children and parents, including historical conceptions of childhood, parenting issues, motherhood, fatherhood, teen pregnancy, birth control, and abortion. The last sections of the course will focus on divorce, remarriage, families in poverty, and issues related to work, family, and public policy.
A. Syllabus Assignment: Each student will locate a sociological article on the racial-ethnic diversity of families that they think should be included in the course syllabus. The goal of this assignment is to locate additional course materials that will bring in more diverse voices. You will be asked to summarize and evaluate the article for use in an advanced seminar on the sociology of the family. Assignment instructions will be handed out early in the semester. Assignments should be typed and reflect thoughtful writing skills. This assignment will count for 20% of your final grade. B. Class Presentation: Each student will lead a course discussion and present material on a course-related topic. In addition to summarizing that day's readings, the student will present supplementary information, including the results of their research and a bibliography of sources. Specific guidelines for this presentation are on the next page. This class presentation counts for 20% of your final grade. C. Discussion Papers: Students will write short discussion papers that are due at the beginning of each class. These papers should briefly summarize and extend the main arguments in the readings. Discussion papers should be typed with two copies ready to hand in. I will read one set of papers and the discussion leader for that day will read the second set of papers. Students are required to do 12 of the 24 papers. This set of discussion papers will count for 20% of your final grade. D. Final Paper: Instead of a term paper or final exam, students will be asked to write a final paper that synthesizes the material learned during the semester. This paper can either be an extension of the student's earlier research or an essay answering a question generated by students at the end of the semester. This paper should be about 6 to 8 pages in length, and it will be due during final exam week. This paper will count for 20% of your final grade. E. Attendance and Participation: Since this course is an upper-division sociology seminar, students are expected to take an active role in shaping their learning environment both within and outside the classroom. This role includes regular attendance, leading and participating in class discussions, and group work. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. Oral participation, class discussions, and attendance will count for 20% of your final grade. Please Note: There Will Be No Extra Credit Work. Acknowledgments: I would like to acknowledge the intellectual contributions of Shelley Eriksen, Naomi Gerstel, and Gretchen Stiers in the creation of this syllabus. All three sociologists have influenced my thinking about the family. In particular, the "Suggested Protocol for Class Presentations" is adapted from a syllabus by Shelley Eriksen. Class Presentation: A Suggested Protocol
—bell hooks
Additional Thoughts: Each student should make every effort to make their presentation interesting and lively. Use outside resources whenever possible. For example, you may want to find current data on your topic and present this additional information in class. You might even devise a class exercise that illustrates an important concept or issue in the readings. Don't hesitate to use visual or literary material. These suggestions are not obligatory. They merely serve to remind you that you have some flexibility and creativity in this project. REQUIRED READINGS: The following books are available in the College Bookstore and on reserve in the Burling Library. Coltrane, Scott. 1998. Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. Ferguson, Susan J. 2001. Shifting the Center: Understanding Contemporary Families. Second Edition. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. Risman, Barbara J. 1998. Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. Stack, Carol B. 1974. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. New York: Harper and Row. Weston, Kath. 1997. Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. New York: Columbia University Press. In addition to using the readings listed above, I also will be supplementing the course reading list with some articles that help to address the diversity and complexity of the institution of the family. Plan on reading approximately three to five articles per class session. Please keep up with the syllabus by reading the assigned articles prior to the day that topic is discussed. Suggested Readings: Each week's description of readings also will contain suggested readings for those of you who want to read more or are especially interested in that topic. Several of the suggested readings come from two anthologies I have used previously. Both of these books have articles that will help you do more research on particular topics. I would suggest looking at the reference lists and bibliographies at the end of each article for more sources. Hutter, Mark. Editor. 1997. The Family Experience: A Reader in Cultural Diversity. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. (Or, 1991 version where indicated). Skolnick, Arlene S. and Jerome H. Skolnick. Editors. 1994. Family in Transition. Eighth Edition. New York: HarperCollins. (Please note that there are earlier and later editions as well). Questions to Think About While You Are Reading: Summary Questions: 1. What are the author's main arguments or hypotheses? 2. What evidence does the author present in support of his or her arguments? 3. What are some implications of the author's findings or arguments? Evaluation Questions: 4. What are the strength's and weaknesses of the author's arguments or research? 5. Do you agree with the author's conclusions? Why or why not? 6. Do you have any problems with this study or how it was conducted? COURSE OUTLINE WITH READING ASSIGNMENTSI. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FAMILIES Sept. 2 (M): Introduction to Course Sept. 4 (W): Definitions of Family and Issues in the Study of Families Required Readings: Gittins, Diana. “The Family in Question: What Is the Family?” (Ferguson, pp.7-17). Baca Zinn, Maxine. “Feminist Rethinking from Racial-Ethnic Families.” (Ferguson, pp.18-26). Weston, Kath. “Exiles from Kinship.” (Ferguson, pp.27-41). Skolnick, Arlene. “The State of the American Family.” (Ferguson, pp.41-53). Suggested Readings: Coontz, Stephanie. “The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.50-62). Skolnick, Arlene. "Introduction: Family in Transition." (Skolnick, pp.1-17). Rosen, David M. "What Is a Family?" (Skolnick, pp.526-536). Sept. 9 (M): Families and Gender Required Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “The Social Construction of Gender and Families.” Pp. 1-25 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 1). Risman, Barbara J. 1998. “Introduction” and “Gender as Structure.” Pp. 1-44 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapters 1 and 2). Suggested Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Regulating Families and Gender.” Pp. 132-159 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 6). Sept. 11 (W): Historical Origins of the Family Required Readings: Gough, Kathleen. 1994 [1971]. "The Origin of the Family." Pp. 23-39 in Family in Transition. Eighth Edition. Arlene S. Skolnick and Jerome H. Skolnick. Editors. New York: HarperCollins. (Copied Reading). Draper, Patricia. 1975. "!Kung Women: Contrasts in Sexual Egalitarianism in Foraging and Sedentary Contexts." Pp. 77-109 in Toward an Anthropology of Women. Rayna R. Reiter. Editor. New York: Monthly Review Press. (Copied Reading). Lerner, Gerda. 1986. "A Working Hypothesis." Pp. 36-53 in The Creation of Patriarchy. New York: Oxford University Press. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs. "Inevitabilities of Prejudice." (Hutter, 1991, pp.14-26). Berger and Berger. "The Family in Modern Society." (Hutter, 1991, pp.27-42). Wells, Robert V. "Demographic Change and Family Life in American History: Some Reflections." (Hutter, 1991, pp.43-62). Sept. 16 (M): Historical Overview of Agrarian and Industrial Families Required Readings: Queen, et al. 1988 [1985]. “The Family of the Ancient Romans.” Pp. 2-16 in Family Relations: A Reader. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (Copied Reading). Stone, Lawrence. 1979. "Family Characteristics." Pp. 69-89 in The Family, Sex and Marriage: In England, 1500-1800. New York: Harper and Row. (Copied Reading). Degler, Carl N. 1988 [1980]. “The Emergence of the Modern American Family.” Pp. 38-53 in Family Relations: A Reader. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Gerstel, Naomi and Harriet Engel Gross. 1989. "Women and the American Family: Continuity and Change." Women. A Feminist Perspective. Jo Freeman. Editor. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. pp.89-120. Glick, Paul C. "American Families: As They Are and Were." (Skolnick, pp.91-104). Hareven, Tamara K. "Continuity and Change in American Family Life." (Skolnick, pp.40-47). Hutter, Mark. "Immigrant Families in the City." (Hutter, pp.89-96). Mintz, Steven. "New Rules: Postwar Families (1955-Present)." (Hutter, pp.15-34). Sept. 18 (W): Racial Ethnic and Legal Variation in Family Forms Required Readings: Coontz, Stephanie. “Historical Perspectives on Family Diversity.” (Ferguson, pp.59-76). Sudarkasa, Niara. "Interpreting the African Heritage in Afro-American Family Organization." (Ferguson, pp.77-90). Griswold del Castillo, Richard. “La Familia: Family Cohesion Among Mexican American Families in the Urban Southwest, 1848-1900. (Ferguson, pp.91-105). Nakano Glenn, Evelyn. “Split Household, Small Producer, and Dual Wage Earner: An Analysis of Chinese American Family Strategies.” (Ferguson, pp.106-122). Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Regulating Families and Gender.” Pp. 132-159 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 6). Suggested Readings: Burnham, Margaret. "An Impossible Marriage: Slave Law and Family Law." Pp. 142-156 in Family Matters: Readings on Family Lives and the Law, edited by Martha Minow. New York: New Press. Gutman, Herbert G. 1976. The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925. New York: Vintage. Jones, Jacqueline. 1986. Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family From Slavery to the Present. New York: Vintage Books. (On reserve). Ngan-Ling Chow, Esther. “Family, Economy, and the State: A Legacy of Struggle for Chinese American Women.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.106-122). Sept. 23 (M): Dating, Sex, and Courtship Required Readings: Whyte, Martin King. "Choosing Mates---The American Way." (Ferguson, pp.129-139). Bailey, Beth L. "The Economy of Dating." (Hutter, pp.169-173). (Copied Reading). Corchado, Alfredo. “Men Are Gone, Off to U.S., But Courtship Continues.” (Ferguson, pp.139-141). Peplau, Letitia Anne and Susan Miller Campbell. “The Balance of Power in Dating.” (Ferguson, pp.142-152). Xiaohe, Xu and Martin King Whyte. “Love Matches and Arranged Marriages: A Chinese Replication.” (Ferguson, pp.115-133). (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Bahn, Adele and Angela Jaquez. "One Style of Dominican Bridal Shower." (Hutter, pp.194-204). Bartelt, Pearl W., et al. "Politics and Politesse: Gender Deference and Formal Etiquette." (Hutter, pp.205-227). Cancian, Francesca M. "The Feminization of Love." (Hutter, pp.228-237). Horowitz, Ruth. "The Expanded Family and Family Honor." (Hutter, pp.108-122). Reiss, Ira L. "A Sociological Journey into Sexuality." (Hutter, 1991, pp.336-350). Sept. 25 (W): Marriage Required Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Love, Sex, and Marriage.” Pp. 26-52 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 2). Fong, Colleen and Judy Yung. “In Search of the Right Spouse: Interracial Marriage Among Chinese and Japanese Americans.” (Ferguson, pp.173-185). Schwartz, Pepper. "Peer Marriage." (Ferguson, pp.186-195). Suggested Readings: Cuber and Harroff. "Five Types of Marriage." (Skolnick, pp.183-194). Glenn, Norval D. “Values, Attitudes, and the State of American Marriage.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.133-146). Klagsburn, Frances. "Long-Term Marriages." (Skolnick, pp.194-201). Lebsock, Suzanne. 1984. "The Political Economy of Marriage." Pp.15-53 in The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Mayer, Egon. "Two Can Make a Revolution." (Hutter, pp.174-193). Scanzoni, John. 1993. "Implications of the Emerging Family." Pp. 262-269 in Gender Basics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. III. ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Sept. 30 (M): Cohabitation Required Readings: Bumpass, Larry L., James A. Sweet, and Andrew J. Cherlin. “The Role of Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage.” (Ferguson, pp.159-172). Dalton, Clare. 1985. "Deconstructing Contract Doctrine." Pp. 170-178 in Family Matters. NY: The New Press. (Copied Reading). Wisensale, Steven K. and Kathlyn E. Heckart. "Domestic Partnerships: A Concept Paper and Policy Discussion." (Ferguson, pp.627-640). Suggested Readings: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1989. "National Estimates of Cohabitation." Demography. Vol. 26. No. 4. pp.615-625. Ihara, Toni and Ralph Warner. 1979. The Living Together Kit. NY: Fawcett Crest. Wu, Zheng. 1995. "Premarital Cohabitation and Postmarital Cohabiting Union Formation." Journal of Family Issues. Vol. 16. No. 2. pp.212-232. Oct. 2 (W): The Never Married Required Readings: Allen, Katherine R. and Robert S. Pickett. 1987. "Forgotten Streams in the Family Life Course: Utilization of Qualitative Retrospective Interviews in the Analysis of Lifelong Single Women's Family Careers." Journal of Marriage and the Family. Vol. 49. No. 3. pp.517-526. (Copied Reading). Cherlin, Andrew. 1992. "The Strange Career of the `Harvard Yale Study'." Pp. 553-559 in Family in Transition, edited by Arlene S. Skolnick and Jerome H. Skolnick. Seventh Edition. New York: Harper Collins. (Copied Reading). Simon, Barbara Levy. 1987. "Being Marginal: The Single Woman as Caricature." Pp. 1-28 in Never Married Women. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. (Copied Reading). Ferguson, Susan J. 2000. “Challenging Traditional Marriage: Never Married Chinese American and Japanese American Women.” Gender and Society 14(1):136-159. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Allen, Katherine R. 1989. Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older Women. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. (On reserve). De Beauvoir, Simon. 1993. "The Married Woman." Pp. 277-285 in Gender Basics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (Copied Reading). Faludi, Susan. 1991. "Man Shortages and Barren Wombs: The Myths of the Backlash." Pp. 3-19 in Back-lash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. New York: Crown Pub. Firestone, Shulamith. 1993. "The Case for Feminist Revolution." Pp. 285-290 in Gender Basics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. Oct. 7 (M): Gay and Lesbian Families Required Readings: Weston, Kath. Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. pp.1-75. Stacey, Judith. “Gay and Lesbian Families Are Here.” (Ferguson, pp.195-207). Dean, Craig R. 1993. "Fighting for Same Sex Marriage." Pp. 275-277 in Gender Basics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: D'Emilio and Freedman. "The Sexualized Society." (Hutter, 1991, pp.351-367). Duclos, Nitya. "Some Complicating Thoughts on Same-Sex Marriage." Pp. 157-169 in Family Matters: Readings on Family Lives and the Law. Edited by Martha Minow. New York: The New Press. Sherman, Suzanne. Editor. 1992. Lesbian and Gay Marriage: Private Commitments, Public Ceremonies. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Oct. 9 (W): Gay and Lesbian Families, continued Required Readings: Weston, Kath. Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. Read pp.77-213. Pollack, Sandra. 1993. "Lesbian Parents: Claiming Our Visibility." Pp. 263-270 in Feminist Frontiers III. Laurel Richardson and Verta Taylor. Editors. New York: McGraw-Hill. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Bozett, Frederick W. 1988. "Gay Fatherhood." Pp. 214-235 in Fatherhood Today: Men's Changing Role in the Family. Phyllis Bronstein and Carolyn Pape Cowan. Editors. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (On reserve). Burke, Phyllis. 1993. Family Values: Two Moms & Their Son. New York: Random House. Goleman, Daniel. "Gay Home." (Skolnick, pp.487-490). Lewin, Ellen. 1993. Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. (On reserve). Martin, April. 1993. The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families. New York: Harper. IV. GENDER, POWER, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE Oct. 14 (M): Family Violence Required Readings: Gelles, Richard J. “Through A Sociological Lens: Social Structure and Family Violence.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.468-481). (Copied Reading). Kurz, Demie. “Old Problems and New Directions in the Study of Violence Against Women.” (Ferguson, pp.427-442). Krishnan, Satya P. et al. “Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence Against South Asian Women in the United States.” (Ferguson, pp.442-453). Jang, Deeana, Debbie Lee, and Rachel Morello-Frosh. “Domestic Violence in the Immigrant and Refugee Community: Responding to the Needs of Immigrant Women.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.481-492). (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Bart, Pauline B. and Eileen Geil Moran. Editors. 1993. Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications. Gordon, Linda. 1988. Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence. New York: Penguin Books. Johnson and Ferraro. "The Victimized Self: The Case of Battered Women." (Hutter, pp.393-403). Kibria, Nazli. “Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.198-212). Straus, Murray A., Richard Gelles, and Suzanne Steinmetz. "The Marriage License as a Hitting License." (Skolnick, pp.202-215). Oct. 16 (W): Domestic Violence, continued Required Readings: Crompton, Vicki. 1991. "A Parent's Story." Pp. 21-27 in Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Edited by Barry Levy. Seattle: Seal Press. (Copied Reading). Renzetti, Claire M. “Toward a Better Understanding of Lesbian Battering.” (Ferguson, pp. 454-466). Hollies, Linda H. 1994. "A Daughter Survives Incest: A Retrospective Analysis." Pp. 82-91 in The Black Women's Health Book, edited by Evelyn C. White. Seattle: Seal Press. (Copied Reading). Korbin, Jill E. et al. “Elder Abuse and Child Abuse: A Consideration of Similarities and Differences in Intergenerational Family Violence.” (Ferguson, pp.466-476). Suggested Readings: Gelles, Richard and Murray Straus. "The Impact of Intimate Violence." (Skolnick, pp.325-333). Gelles, Richard and Murray Straus. "Profiling Violent Families." (Hutter, 1991, pp.644-661). Johnson, John M. "The Changing Concept of Child Abuse and Its Impact on the Integrity of Family Life." (Hutter, pp.404-415). Lie, Gwat-Yong and Sabrina Gentlewarrier. 1991. "Intimate Violence in Lesbian Relationships: Discussion of Survey Findings and Practical Implications." Journal of Social Service Research. Vol. 15. pp.41-59. Straus, Murray A. “The Conspiracy of Silence.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.505-517). Oct. 21 (M): FALL BREAK Oct. 23 (W): FALL BREAK Oct. 28 (M): Historical Construction of Childhood Required Readings: Boswell, John. 1988. "Introduction" and “Conclusions.” Pp. 3-9 and pp. 428-434 in The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance. New York: Vintage Books. (Copied Reading). Vinovskis, Maris A. "Historical Perceptives on Parent-Child Interactions." (Ferguson, pp.215-230). LeVine, Robert A. and Merry White. "The Social Transformation of Childhood." (Skolnick, pp.273-293). (Copied Reading). Zelizer, Viviana A. "From Baby Farms to Baby M." (Hutter, pp.333-341). (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Demo, David H. “Parent-Child Relations: Assessing Recent Changes.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.223-243). Skolnick, Arlene. "The Life Course Revolution." (Skolnick, pp.62-71). Zelizer, Viviana A. "Pricing the Priceless Child" (Look up Zelizer's research). Oct. 30 (W): Contemporary Childhood Required Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Engendering Children.” Pp. 107-131 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 5). Goldscheider, Frances K. and Linda J. Waite. “Children’s Share in Household Tasks.” (Ferguson, pp.250-260). Risman, Barbara J. “Ideology, Experience, Identity: The Complex Worlds of Children in Fair Families.” Pp. 128-150 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapter 6). Nov. 4 (M): Becoming a Parent Required Readings: Lasker, Judith N. and Susan Borg. “In Search of Parenthood: Coping With Infertility and High-Tech Conception.” (Ferguson, pp.231-237). Simon, Rita J. “Adoption and the Race Factor: How Important Is It?” (Ferguson, pp.653-658). Sugarman, Stephen D. “Single-Parent Families.” (Ferguson, pp.238-250). Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Mothers, Fathers, and Family Care.” Pp. 75-106 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 4). Suggested Readings: Cowan, Carolyn Pape and Philip A. Cowan. 1992. When Partners Become Parents: The Big Life Change for Couples. New York: Basic Books. (On reserve). Cowan, Carolyn P. and Philip A. Cowan. "Becoming a Parent." (Skolnick, pp.334-347). Greil, Arthur L. “A Secret Stigma: Interaction with the Fertile World.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.243-255). Rossi, Alice S. "Transition to Parenthood." (Skolnick, Seventh Edition, pp.332-342). Cleveland, Peggy H., et al. "If Your Child Had AIDS...:Responses of Parents with Homosexual Children." (Hutter, 1991, pp.707-714). Nov. 6 (W): Parenting: Mothers and Motherhood Required Readings: Rich, Adrienne. "Anger and Tenderness." (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.310-322). (Copied Reading). Collins, Patricia Hill. "Shifting the Center: Race, Class, and Feminist Theorizing about Motherhood.” (Ferguson, pp.287-305). Hays, Sharon. “The Mommy Wars.” (Ferguson, pp.305-323). Risman, Barbara J. “Necessity and the Invention of Mothering.” Pp.45-71 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapter 3). Suggested Readings: Hoffnung, Michele. "Motherhood: Contemporary Conflict for Women." (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.277-291). Lewin, Ellen. “Negotiating Lesbian Motherhood: The Dialectics of Resistance and Accomodation.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.322-337). Pardo, Mary. "Mexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: 'Mothers of East Los Angeles'." (Hutter, pp.78-88). Rothman, Barbara Katz. 1989. Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society. New York: Norton. (On reserve). Trebilcot, Joyce. Editor. 1984. Mothering: Essays in Feminist Theory. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Allanheld. (On reserve). Uttal, Lynet. “Custodial Care, Surrogate Care, and Coordinated Care: Employed Mothers and the Meaning of Child Care.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.562-577). Nov. 11 (M): Parenting: Fathers and Fatherhood Required Readings: Blankenhorn, David. "The Diminishment of American Fatherhood." (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.338-355). (Copied Reading). Gerson, Kathleen. "Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood." (Ferguson, pp.324-339). McAdoo, John Lewis and Julia B. McAdoo. “The African American Father’s Roles within the Family.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.371-384). (Copied Reading). Shernoff, Michael. “Gay Men Choosing to Be Fathers.” (Ferguson, pp.339-348). Suggested Readings: Blankenhorn, David. 1995. Fatherless America: Confronting Our Most Urgent Social Problem. NY: Basic Books. Bozett, Frederick W. 1988. "Gay Fatherhood." Pp. 214-235 in Fatherhood Today: Men's Changing Role in the Family. Phyllis Bronstein and Carolyn Pape Cowan. Editors. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (On reserve). Bronstein, Phyllis and Carolyn Pape Cowan. Editors. 1988. Fatherhood Today: Men's Changing Role in the Family. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (On reserve). Daly, Kerry. “Reshaping Fatherhood: Finding the Models.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.384-399). Furstenburg, Frank F., Jr. "Good Dads---Bad Dads: Two Faces of Fatherhood." (Skolnick, pp.348-368). Mirande, Alfredo. 1988. "Chicano Fathers: Traditional Perceptions and Current Realities." Fatherhood Today: Men's Changing Role in the Family. Phyllis Bronstein and Carolyn Pape Cowan. Editors. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp.93-106. Nov. 13 (W): Teen Pregnancy/Adolescent Sexuality Required Readings: Luker, Kristin. "Dubious Conceptions: The Controversy Over Teen Pregnancy." (Ferguson, pp.640-652). Jones, Elise et al. 1999 [1986]. "Teenage Pregnancy in Industrialized Countries: Policy Implications for the United States.” Pp. 43-52 in Sociology of Families: Readings, edited by Cheryl Albers. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Copied Reading). Mauldon, Jane. 1998. “Families Started By Teenagers.” Pp. 39-65 in All Our Families: New Policies for a New Century, edited by Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, and Stephen D. Sugarman. New York: Oxford University Press. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Mayfield, Lorraine P. "Early Parenthood among Low-Income Adolescent Girls." (Staples, pp.230-242). Murray, Velma McBride. "Socio-Historical Study of African-American Adolescent Females Sexuality." (Staples, pp.52-65). Pirog-Good, Maureen A. 1995. "The Family Background and Attitudes of Teen Fathers." Youth and Society. Vol. 26. No. 3. pp.351-376. Rubin, Lillian B. "The Culture of Adolescent Sexuality." (Skolnick, pp.157-164). Thompson, Sharon. 1995. Going All the Way: Teenage Girls’ Tales of Sex, Romance, and Pregnancy. New York: Hill and Wang. Williams and Kornblum. "Sneaker Mothers." (Hutter, 1991, pp.589-600). Nov. 18 (M): Birth Control and Abortion Required Readings: Davis, Angela Y. 1993 [1981]. "Racism, Birth Control, and Reproductive Rights." Pp. 346-358 in Feminist Frontiers III. Laurel Richardson and Verta Taylor. Editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1993). (Copied Reading). Freeman, Ellen W. and Karl Rickels. 1999 [1993]. “Risking Pregnancy: Avoidance, Ignorance, and Delay of Contraceptive Use. “ Pp. 27-42 in Sociology of Families: Readings, edited by Cheryl Albers. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Copied Reading). Ginsburg, Faye D. 1989. "Conclusion." Pp. 212-221 in Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community. Berkeley: University of California Press. (Copied Reading). Kantrowitz, Barbara and Pat Wingert. "The Norplant Debate." (Skolnick, pp.521-526). (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Ginsburg, Faye D. 1989. Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community. Berkeley: University of California Press. Luker, Kristin. "Motherhood and Morality in America." (Skolnick, pp.503-521). Petchesky, Rosalind. 1990. Abortion and Woman's Choice: The State, Sexuality and Reproductive Freedom. Boston: Northeastern University Press. (On reserve). VI. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FAMILY LIFE Nov. 20 (W): Gender, Work, and Family Required Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Paid Work and Family Life.” Pp.53-74 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 3). Risman, Barbara J. “Women’s Hard Choices: Mothering in the Twentieth Century.” Pp. 72-92 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapter 4). Risman, Barbara J. “Playing Fair: Equity for the Educationally Elite.” Pp. 93-127 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapter 5). Nov. 25 (M): Gender, Work, and Family, continued Required Readings: Hochschild, Arlie Russell. “The Emotional Geography of Work and Family Life.” (Ferguson, pp.531-545). Rubin, Lillian B. “‘When You Get Laid Off, It’s Like You Lose a Part of Yourself’.” (Ferguson, pp.546-559). Coltrane, Scott. “Changing Patterns of Family Work: Chicano Men and Housework.” (Ferguson, pp.559-574). di Leonardo, Micaela. "The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship." (Ferguson, pp.574-586). Boyd, Sandra L. and Judith Treas. “Family Care of the Frail Elderly: A New Look at ‘Women in the Middle’.” (Ferguson, pp.269-276). Suggested Readings: Bernard, Jessie. "The Good-Provider Role: Its Rise and Fall." (Hutter, pp.257-271). Gerson, Kathleen. "Choosing Between Privilege and Sharing: Men's Responses to Gender and Family Change." (Skolnick, pp.149-156). Gerstel, Naomi and Harriet Engel Gross. Editors. 1987. Families and Work. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Goode, William J. "Why Men Resist." (Skolnick, pp.137-149). Scarr, Phillips and McCartney. "Working Mothers and Their Families." (Skolnick, pp.411-427). Schor, Juliet. "Overworked in the Household." (Skolnick, pp.83-91). Wright, Mareena McKinley. "'I Never Did Any Fieldwork, but I Milked an Awful Lot of Cows!': Using Rural Women's Experience to Reconceptualize Models of Work." (Hutter, pp.269-310). Zavella, Patricia.1987. Women's Work and Chicano Families: Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Nov. 27 (W): Families and Poverty Required Readings: Aponte, Robert. “Hispanic Families in Poverty: Diversity, Context, and Interpretation.” (Ferguson, pp.591-604). Albelda, Randy and Chris Tilly. “It’s A Family Affair: Women, Poverty, and Welfare.” (Ferguson, pp.605-610). Kozol, Jonathan. “Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America.” (Ferguson, pp.611-621). Brewer, Rose. “Race, Class, Gender and U.S. State Welfare Policy: The Nexus of Inequality for African American Families.” (Ferguson, pp.658-670). Suggested Readings: Jarrett, Robin L. “Living Poor: Family Life among Single Parent, African American Women.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.592-615). Jencks, Christopher and Kathyrn Edin. “Do Poor Women Have a Right to Bear Children?” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.615-628). Rodgers, Harrell R., Jr. "Some Social Welfare Lessons From Europe." (Hutter, 1991, pp.232-243). Wilson, William Julius. "Poverty and Family Structure: The Widening Gap Between Evidence and Public Policy Issues." (Hutter, pp.123-141). Nov. 28 (TH): THANKSGIVING BREAK Read Carol Stack’s Book Have a good break, see you on December 2nd! Dec. 2 (M): Families and Poverty, continued Required Readings: Stack, Carol B. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. (pp.ix-129). Suggested Readings: Newman, Katherine S. "The Downwardly Mobile Family." (Skolnick, pp.391-397). Baca Zinn, Maxine. "Family, Race, and Poverty in the Eighties." (Skolnick, pp.398-411). Devault, Marjorie L. "Affluence and Poverty." (Hutter, pp.272-295). Vanderstaay, Steven. "Karla and the Armstrongs: Two Oral Histories of Homeless American Families." (Hutter, pp.416-420). VII. DIVORCE, REMARRIAGE, AND BLENDED FAMILIES Dec. 4 (W): Divorce Required Readings: Ahrons, Constance. “What Divorce Is and Is Not: Transcending the Myths.” (Ferguson, pp.355-367). Arendell, Terry. “The Social Self as Gendered: A Masculinist Discourse of Divorce.” (Ferguson, pp.367-383). Freidman, Nathalie. “Divorced Parents and the Jewish Community.” (Ferguson, pp.384-404). Amato, Paul R. “Life-Span Adjustment of Children to Their Parents’ Divorce.” (Ferguson, pp.261-281). Suggested Readings: Amato, Paul R. “The Impact of Divorce on Men and Women in India and the United States.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.412-426). Arendell, Terry. "Mothers and Divorce: Downward Mobility." (Skolnick, pp.229-241). Furstenberg, Frank F. and Andrew J. Cherlin. "Children's Adjustment to Divorce." (Skolnick, pp.314-324). Riessman, Catherine Kohler. 1992. "Starting a New Life: The Positive Consequences of Divorce." Pp. 266-277 in Family in Transition, edited by Arlene S. Skolnick and Jerome H. Skolnick. Seventh Edition. New York: Harper Collins. Wallerstein, Judith S. "Children of Divorce: Report of a Ten-Year Follow-Up of Early Latency-Age Children." (Hutter, 1991, pp.747-762). Weitzman, Lenore. "Divorce and the Illusion of Equality." (Hutter, 1991, pp.243-280). Weitzman, Lenore J. and Ruth B. Dixon. "The Transformation of Legal Marriage Through No-Fault Divorce. (Skolnick, pp.216-229). Dec. 9 (M): Remarriage Required Readings: Cherlin, Andrew J. and Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. “Stepfamilies in the United States: A Reconsideration.” (Ferguson, pp.405-422). Keshet, Jamie K. 1998 [1988]. “The Remarried Couple: Stresses and Successes.” Pp. 297-314 in Public and Private Families: A Reader, edited by Andrew J. Cherlin. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill. (Copied Reading). Mason, Mary Ann. 1998. “The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities.” Pp. 95-116 in All Our Families: New Policies for a New Century, edited by Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, and Stephen D. Sugarman. New York: Oxford University Press. (Copied Reading). Suggested Readings: Ahrons, Constance R. and Roy H. Rodgers. "The Remarriage Transition." (Skolnick, pp.257-268). Cherlin, Andrew. "Remarriage as an Incomplete Institution." (Hutter, pp.452-462). Dudley, James R. "Fathers Who Have Infrequent Contact with Their Children." (Skolnick, pp.242-257). Stacey, Judith. 1991. Brave New Families: Stories of Domestic Upheaval in Late Twentieth Century America. NY: Basic Books. Dec. 11 (W): Course Summation: The Family and the Future Required Readings: Coltrane, Scott. 1998. “Where Do We Go From Here?” Pp. 160-178 in Gender and Families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (Chapter 7). Risman, Barbara J. “Toward a Dizzy But Liberating Future.” Pp.151-162 in Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition. New Haven: Yale University Press. (Chapter 7). Suggested Readings: Acker, Joan. “Women, Families, and Public Policy in Sweden.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.681-695). Garbarino, James, Mario T. Gaboury, and Margaret C. Plantz. “Social Policy, Children, and Their Families.” (Ferguson, First Edition, pp.639-654). Popenoe, David. "Family Decline in America." (Hutter, pp.142-149). Dec. 16-20: FINAL PAPER DUE DURING FINAL EXAM WEEK WINTER INTERSESSION Hurray! Have a wonderful break! The Current Debate About Family Values Required Readings: Stacey, Judith. 1996. In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Read Introduction and Chapters 1 - 3, pp. 1-82. Suggested Readings: Cohen, Susan and Mary Fainsod Katzenstein. "The War Over the Family is Not Over the Family." (Hutter, pp.35-51). Hunter, James Davison. "The Family and The Culture War." (Skolnick, pp.537-547). Is the Family in Crisis? Coontz, Stephanie. 1997. The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America’s Changing Families. New York: Basic Books. Stacey, Judith. 1996. In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Read Chapter 4, pp.83-104. Young, Robert J. "What Kinds of Immigrants Have Come to the Philadelphia Area, Where Did They Settle, and How Are They Doing?" (Hutter, pp.97-107). Mednick, Martha T. "Single Mothers: A Review and Critique of Current Research." (Skolnick, pp.368-383).
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