The Anti-Social Family

Mary McIntosh, Michèle Barrett

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English

Verso Books
28 January 2015

Sociology: family & relationships; Family & relationships

Series: Radical Thinkers Set 09

Despite much talk of its decline, the nuclear family persists as a

structure central to contemporary society, a fact to be lamented,

according to the ideas of Michèle Barrett and Mary McIntosh. The Anti-social Family

dissects the network of household, kinship and sexual relations that

constitute the family form in advanced capitalist societies to show how

they reinforce conditions of inequality. This classic work explores the

personal and social needs that the family promises to meet but more

often denies, and proposes moral and political practices for more

egalitarian caring alternatives.

By: Mary McIntosh, Michèle Barrett
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781781687598
ISBN 10: 1781687595
Series: Radical Thinkers Set 09
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 28 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michèle Barrett is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author, among other works, of Women's Oppression Today. Mary McIntosh was a sociologist and feminist.