Working and caring over the twentieth century : change and continuity in four-generation families / Julia Brannen, Peter Moss and Ann Mooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brannen, Julia.

Contributor:

Moss, Peter, 1945-

Mooney, Ann, 1950-

Series:

Future of Work series

The future of work series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Great Britain.

Families.

Intergenerational relations.

Great Britain.

Intergenerational relations--Great Britain.

Work and family--Great Britain.

Work and family.

Physical Description:

ix, 234 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

Increased longevity and better health are changing the nature of family life. In the context of changes in the world of work, increased divorce and a declining welfare state, multi-generation or 'beanpole families' are a potential resource for family support. Focusing on four-generation families and the two central careers of the life course - employment and care - Working and Caring over the Twentieth Century explores this question. Based upon new research that employed biographical methods, it maps in detail from 1910 to the late 1990s the lives of men and women as great-grandparents, grandparents and parents. The book provides unique insights into processes of change and continuity in families and the ways in which different generations of men and women make sense of their lives.

Contents:

1 Setting the Scene 1

2 Changing Childhoods across Three Generations of Women 27

3 Mothers' and Fathers' Work and Care Practices over the Generations 47

4 Motherhood: Intergenerational Transmission and Negotiation 76

5 Timetabling, Talk and Transmission: Fatherhood across the Generations 115

6 Intergenerational Transfers and Cultures of Transmission 150

7 Towards a Typology of Intergenerational Relations: Processes of Reproduction and Innovation 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.

ISBN:

1403920591

OCLC:

55124221