The classic on sex in Christian marriage, now updated and expanded. The most medically accurate description of sexual function in the male and female available today. This material is presented in wholesome terms that would be of help to any married or soon-to-be married couple.
Why do so many women feel that men don't tell them anything, but just lecture and criticise? Why do so many men feel that women nag them and never get to the point? In this pioneering book Deborah Tannen shows us how women and men talk in different ways, for profoundly different reasons. While women use language to make connections and reinforce ...
Offers help to couples whatever their situation. The chapters in this book focus on sexual love, romantic love, friendship, belonging, removing barriers, saving your marriage alone, resources for change and much more.
This bestselling marriage and family text combines a rigorous scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme especially relevant to todayas dynamic global environment: "Making choices in a diverse society." The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological and ecological or family systems theoretical perspectives, while including ...
A young black man's search to uncover his white mother's past and his own identity. Born in Poland, the daughter of a rabbi, James McBride's mother grew up in the Southern United States, ran away to Harlem, married a black man and founded a Baptist church, and then proceeded to put 12 children through college. McBride examines her life, his own ...
"The Marriage and Family Experience" is a realistic look at relationships today. These experienced authors will help you see and understand the underlying issues at work in marriages, families, and all kinds of relationships. Real-life cross-cultural examples and features that encourage you to look deeper at yourself make the Tenth Edition ...
For courses in Marriage and Family, Sociology of Family, Family Studies/Relationships in departments of Sociology, Family Studies, and Psychology. Exceptionally comprehensive, innately interesting, and extremely readable, this best-selling text introduces students to the study of contemporary marriages and families in ways to which they can ...
Because the right choice is an informed choice, "Choices in Relationships: An Introduction to Marriage and Family, Ninth Edition" arms you with the knowledge and confidence you need to make wise decisions for a lifetime of positive relationships. "Choices in Relationships" presents the information that you need to explore the tradeoffs that ...
An instant bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, Hope Edelman's Motherless Daughters explores the myriad ways that losing a mother can affect almost every aspect and passage of a woman's life. First published a decade ago, it is still the book that motherless daughters of all ages look to for understanding and comfort and that they press ...
This bestselling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends, places them in historical context, and balances cutting-edge scholarship with perennial favorites. The authors, who are leading scholars, build each new edition from classic literature in a variety of disciplines as well as from the continuing stream ...
As the majority of women entered the workforce, sociologist and Berkeley professor Hochschild was one of the first to talk about what really happens in dual-career households. This landmark study of two-career parents ranks in significance with "The Feminine Mystique" and "The Second Sex."
A well known and well respected author provides this comprehensive yet accessible book that introduces population issues, concepts and theories. While keeping larger population issues in perspective, it closely examines key factors in population processes, from fertility and mortality rates to agricultural production and urbanization. The text ...
Combining a positive and practical approach to the study of marriage and family life with a manageable amount of sociological theory and research citations, this text is centered on the theme of enhancing intimacy within marriage and the family. While providing a comprehensive overview of the progression from dating to marriage and family, the ...
This edition examines the family through two lenses, the familiar private family in which we live most of our personal lives, and the public family in which adults deal with broader societal issues such as the care of the elderly, the increase of divorce, and childbearing outside marriage.
This is the eagerly-awaited new edition of The Changing Family Life Cycle. Betty Carter and Monica McGoldrick are two of the best-known family therapists in the U.S. The authors have been particularly known for the introduction of feminist theory to family therapy. The new title, The Expanded Family Life Cycle, represents some of the sweeping ...
Earl Babbie's "The Practice of Social Research" is one of the most successful general research method books in the USA. Revised for the eighth time, the book offers comprehensive coverage of the main methodological approaches used in the social sciences; detailed discussions of specific methods and techniques used in such areas as sampling, ...
The Way We Never Were examines two centuries of American family life and shatters a series of myths and half-truths that burden modern families. Placing current family dilemmas in the context of far-reaching economic, political, and demographic changes, Coontz sheds new light on such contemporary concerns as parenting, privacy, love, the ...
This book provides timely, practical, and high-interest information about marriages, families, and intimate relationships, in an engaging format that is easy-to-use and learn from. Feature such as "Popular Culture and the Media," "Practical Action," and "Numbers that Matter" help grab and keep readers' attention. The new edition has been updated ...
This text delivers a balance of conceptual and practical approaches to statistics. The author covers basic statistical concepts and techniques in a step-by-step manner, continually emphasizing the underlying logic and the social research contexts that make sense of it all. The book includes applications, examples, and exercises and integrated ...
A sexual memoir from hip-hop artist Sister Souljah, who came to the nation's attention during the 1992 Presidential campaign after her heated discussion with Bill Clinton. "No Disrespect" describes the tense relationships between African-American women and men, as well as the Black church, drug dealers, guns, rappers, lesbians, adultery, and Black ...
This introduction to marriages and families accentuates the positive aspects of relationships and focuses on enriching students' knowledge and experience in building strong, successful couple and family relationships. The authors, both seasoned family scholars and therapists, integrate research, theory, and practical application with an ...
Patricia Hersch shows the sad truth that teenagers in the '90s are, effectively, able to circumvent almost all adult supervision (by teachers, parents, neighbors, and the authorities) and live lonely lives in groups. The result is that the need for moral guidance, supervision, and support--which she believes young people desire--goes unmet. Hersch ...
Tannen draws on her extensive and groundbreaking research to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Men use language to protect their independence and negotiate status, while women use language to seek confirmation and reinforce intimacy. This results in misunderstanding and communication breakdown--but Dr. ...
Presents a humorous look at the differences between men and women and discusses the problems that keep the sexes from understanding each other, drawing on the latest research into the brain, social change, evolutionary biology, and psychology.
For undergraduate courses in Marriages & Families found in departments of Sociology and Psychology. Also found in departments of Child and Family Studies, Human Development, and Human Ecology. Marriages and Families: Diversity and Change empowers and challenges students to examine their personal belief systems and societal views to make informed ...
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