Social research matters : a life in family sociology / Julia Brannen
- Bib ID:
- 8132052
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brannen, Julia, author
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- Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Bristol University Press, 2019
- 1 online resource ( 234 pages.) :
- ISBN:
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- 9781529208580 (electronic book)
- 1529208580 (electronic book)
- Series:
- Sociology of children and families series.
- Full contents:
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- Front Cover; Half-title; Series; Social Research Matters: A life family sociology; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Beginnings and Biography; 2 The Research Environment; Research teams and practices; Mentors; Constraints and opportunities; 3 Mothers and the Labour Market; Mothers returning to work: the Daycare study; Work-family issues and the changing world of work; A case study of workplace change and family life; Gender, parenthood and the changing European workplace; Conclusion; 4 Inside the Household; Resources in households; Resources in low-income households
- Families and food in hard timesSandra and Kasey; Aya and Amara; Conclusion; 5 A Generational Lens on Families and Fathers; Families through a generational lens; Studying multi-generation families; Transmission and father-son relations; A recurring generational narrative of closeness: Kacper and Waldemar; Echoes and emotions across the generations: Donald and Hugh; Conclusion; 6 Children and Young People in Families; The rise of childhood studies; Participatory approaches; Children's concepts of care: children as research participants
- Children's perspectives on their fathers: children as a differentiated social groupChildren and food poverty: a contextualist comparative approach; The national level; The household level; The meso level: school policies and practices; Conclusion; 7 Families through the Lens of Food; Conceptualising food; Food as a means to examine family dynamics and power; Food, family memories and intergenerational transmission; Food as a methodological entry point into family life; Small stories: context and drama; Conclusion; 8 Life Stories: Biographical and Narrative Analysis; What is narrative?
- The conditions for narrative in an interviewMaking sense of narratives; The biographic-narrative interpretive method; The life histories and life stories of a grandfather and son; Connor's and Murray's life histories; Connor's life story; Murray's life story; Rejecting the narrative mode; Conclusion; 9 In Conclusion; Contexts for the construction of knowledge; Methodological development; Conceptualisation; Future directions; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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