Displaying Families A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life [Hardcover]

This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing?how, in?a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.List of Tables PART I Developing 'Displaying Families':?A Possibility for the Future of the Sociology of Personal Life; E.Dermott? & J.Seymour Critical Relational Displays; B.Heaphy ? Troubling Displays: The Affect of Gender, Sexuality and Class; J.Gabb PART II Displaying Motherhood: Representations, Visual Methods and the Materiality of Maternal Practice; M.Kehily? & R.Thomson 'It's Just Not Good for a Man to be Interested in Other People's Children': Fathers, Public Displays of Care, and 'Relevant Others'; A.Doucet? Display Work: Lesbian Parent Couples and their Families of Origin Negotiating New Kin Relationships; K.Almack Commentary on Almack; L.Short Commentary on Almack; R.Ryan-Flood? Practices of Display: The Framing and Changing of Internet Gambling Behaviours in Families; K.Hughes? & G.Valentine ? Displaying Mixedness: Difference and Family Relationships; J.Haynes? & E.Dermott 'Family Hold Back': Displaying Families in the Single Location Home/Workplace; J. Seymour ? 'I Know We Can't Be a Family, But as Close as You Can Get': Displaying Families within an Institutional Context; I.McIntosh, N.Dorrer, S.Punch? & R.Emond PART?III Afterword; J.Finch Bibliography IndexKATHRYN ALMACK Senior Research Fellow in Palliative and End of Life Studies at the University of Nottingham, UKNIKA DORRER Part-time Researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University, ScotlandANDREA DOUCET Professor of Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa, CanadaRUTH EMOND Part-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, ScotlandJANET FINCH Honorary Professor of Sociology at Manchester University, UKJACQUI GABB Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University, UKJO HAYNES Lecturer ilÃô