The power of the past : understanding cross-class marriages

The power of the past : understanding cross-class marriages / Jessi Streib.

'The Power of the Past' advances the notion that intimate life - marriage and ideas of how to best live - is closely linked to the class in which individuals were raised. Arguing against the notion that class is a meaningless category or that college degrees erase childhood inequalities, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Streib, Jessi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Marriage.
Social classes.
Spouses.
Married people > Social conditions.
social classes.
spouses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Sociology / Marriage & Family.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Power of the Past; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Class and Marriage; Part II Entering into and Thinking about Different-Origin Marriages; 2 Understandings of Class; 3 Accounts of Crossing the Class Divide; Part III Class and the Domains of Married Life; 4 Money; 5 Work and Play; 6 Housework and Time; 7 Parenting; 8 Feeling Rules; 9 Conclusion; Appendix A: Data and Methods; Appendix B: Respondents' Demographic Characteristics and Meeting Places; Appendix C: Interview Questionnaire; Notes; References; Index.

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