Handbook of Feminist Family Studies

The Handbook of Feminist Family Studies demonstrates how feminist contributions to family science advance our understanding of relationships among individuals, families, and communities. Bringing together some of the most well-respected scholars in the field, the editors showcase feminist family scholarship, creating a scholarly forum for interpretation and dissemination of feminist work. The Handbook's contributors eloquently share their passion for scholarship and practice and offer new insights about the places that we call home and family. The contributors as a whole provide overviews of the most important theories, methodologies, and practices in the field, along with concrete examples of how scholars and practitioners actually engage in "doing" feminist family studies.

Key Features

Examines the influence of feminism on the family studies field, including the many ways in which feminism brings about a "re-visioning" of families that incorporates multiple voices and perspectives

Centers the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, nation, ability, and religion as a pivotal framework for examining interlocking structures of inequality and privilege, both inside families and in the relationships among families and institutions, communities, and ideologies

Provides concrete examples of how scholars and practitioners explore such facets of feminist family studies as intimate partnerships, kinship, aging, sexualities, intimate violence, community structures, and experiences of immigration

Explores how the infusion of feminism into family studies has created a crisis over deeply held assumptions about family life and calls for even greater fusion between feminist theory and family studies towards the creation of solutions to pressing social issues

The Handbook of Feminist Family Studies is an excellent resource for scholars, practitioners, and students across the fields of family studies, sociology, human development, psychology, social work, women's studies, close relationships, communication, family nursing, and health, and it is a welcome addition to any academic library. It is also appropriate for use in graduate courses on theory and methodology.