Displaying Families : A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life

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'. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Developing ‘Displaying Families’: A Possibility for the Future of the Sociology of Personal Life....Pages 3-18 Critical Relational Displays....Pages 19-37 Troubling Displays: The Affect of Gender, Sexuality and Class....Pages 38-57 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Displaying Motherhood: Representations, Visual Methods and the Materiality of Maternal Practice....Pages 61-80 ‘It’s Just Not Good for a Man to be Interested in Other People’s Children’: Fathers, Public Displays of Care and ‘Relevant Others’....Pages 81-101 Display Work: Lesbian Parent Couples and Their Families of Origin Negotiating New Kin Relationships....Pages 102-118 Commentary on Almack’s Chapter....Pages 119-121 Commentary on Almack’s Chapter....Pages 122-124 Practices of Display: The Framing and Changing of Internet Gambling Behaviours in Families....Pages 125-144 Displaying Mixedness: Differences and Family Relationships....Pages 145-159 ‘Family Hold Back’: Displaying Families in the Single-Location Home/Workplace....Pages 160-174 ‘I Know we Can’t be a Family, but as Close as You Can Get’: Displaying Families within an Institutional Context....Pages 175-194 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 Exploring the Concept of Display in Family Relationships....Pages 197-205 Back Matter....Pages 206-231 This volume assesses how the concept of 'displaying families' can contribute to a better understanding of contemporary family and personal life. Using this concept, contributors discuss how family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'. Contributors to this volume address how scholars can 'think with' displaying families both as a concept and an activity of contemporary families by applying the idea to a range of new empirical studies. With chapters written by leading experts in family and childhood research, this book provides a major new contribution to the field of sociology of family and personal life. The wide-ranging collection will appeal to international scholars interested in families, childhood and intimacy, within sociology, geography, social work and anthropology, and covers issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, space, work-life balance and consumption NL-ZmNBD