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An ethnographic study of marital equality.

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Author:   Scott R. Harris
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780791466216

ISBN 10:   0791466213
Pages:   209
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface 1. Equality as a Social Construction Traditional and Interactionist Approaches to Studying Equality Symbolic Interactionism and Equality Phenomenology and Equality Ethnomethodology and Equality Dewey on Morality, Equality, and Social Reform Conclusion 2. Quantitative Research on Marital Equality: Inter-Researcher Discontinuity and Researcher-Subject Divergence Four Traditions of Quantitative Research Critiquing the Literature: Discontinuity and Divergence Conclusion 3. Qualitative Research on Marital Equality: Naturalist and Constructionist Approaches Naturalism, Social Constructionism, and Narrative Analysis Naturalist Studies of Marital Equality Constructionism and Marital Equality Conclusion 4. Narrating Marital Equality: Familiar Domains of Relevance Acquiring Data The Domain of Power The Domain of the Division of Labor The Domain of Love 5. Narrating Marital Equality: Unfamiliar Domains of Relevance Conclusion 6. The Implications of Constructionism Summarizing Collins, Chang, and Schwalbe et al. Comparison and Critique Conclusion Notes References Index

Reviews

Harris does an excellent job clarifying the differences between objectivist and constructionist perspectives. The issues he discusses are vital for any social scientific field. In some subfields, such as social problems research, the constructionist perspective is well established. In the family field there has been some discussion but no sustained presentation of how a constructionist perspective would offer an alternative way of understanding family life--Harris's book makes a real contribution here.

""Harris's unique approach moves well beyond the standard and, in my view, very tired thinking about what it means to have an equal (or unequal) marriage. If anything is central to the study of marriage and family, it's the question of marital equality. Every scholar and graduate student working in this area will need to have this book, and even those who disagree with the approach will need to read what Harris offers in order to properly come to terms with it from their varied points of view."" — Jaber F. Gubrium, coeditor of Qualitative Research Practice ""Harris does an excellent job clarifying the differences between objectivist and constructionist perspectives. The issues he discusses are vital for any social scientific field. In some subfields, such as social problems research, the constructionist perspective is well established. In the family field there has been some discussion but no sustained presentation of how a constructionist perspective would offer an alternative way of understanding family life—Harris's book makes a real contribution here."" — Stan J. Knapp, Brigham Young University

Author Information

Scott R. Harris is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University.

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