This paper concerns problems in the successful transition to adulthood for young people in
middle-class American families. We call the most obvious symptom of this problem the�…

Social and personal ties are undergoing significant changes in Western societies, provoking
public anxieties that traditional associations of family, neighbourhood and community are�…

This study examines processes of life-course transitions in 21 African age-set societies, a
group of preliterate societies where age is a major organizing principle, and compares�…

In his Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, Durkheim (1915) provided a classic
discussion of time and its social meaning. Describing time as “an endless chart before our�…

Data from a variety of sources are used to explore the relation between emotions and
cognitions. Instead of positing the relation between cognitions and emotions, we explore the�…

In a unique comparative ethnography of two family therapy programs, Gubrium deftly shows
how differing organizational perceptions make visible the social construction of domestic�…

I warmly thank the people of Silverdale who participated in this research, and who appear
here with fictitious names. Their help was indispensable, as was the help of the SSRC who�…

This study examines the social construction of normal family life among the parents of
children with high functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome. The meaning of the concept of�…

Faith Elliot's book has a coherence unusual in a textbook. As its title suggests, it directs our
attention to change and continuity in the family. It reviews debates about the biological�…

The paper analyzes singlehood as a positive choice made by adults who have chosen not to
marry or re-marry. Census data and surveys indicate the increased postponement of�…