SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family

Economies of Gender

Masculinity, "Mail Order Brides," and Women’s Labor

by Julia H. Meszaros

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ISBN: 9781978842779

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2025-10-14

Format: Paperback

176 Pages

Difficult Attachments

Anxieties of Kinship and Care

Edited by Kathryn E. Goldfarb and Sandra Bamford

Afterword by Marilyn Strathern

Contributions by Kathryn E. Goldfarb, Sandra Bamford, Janelle S. Taylor, Jason Danely, Celeste Pang, Danilyn Rutherford, Noa Vaisman, Erika Finestone, Dawa Lokyitsang, Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Deborah A. Boehm, Katie Kilroy-Marac, Patrick McKenzie, Brady G’Sell, Julia Kowalski, Sonia Yuhui Zhang and Michael Lambek

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ISBN: 9781978841420

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-10-11

Format: Paperback

274 Pages

Remittance as Belonging

Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home

by Hasan Mahmud

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ISBN: 9781978840409

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2024-10-11

Format: Paperback

212 Pages

Between Care and Criminality

Marriage, Citizenship, and Family in Australian Social Welfare

by Helena Zeweri

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ISBN: 9781978829022

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-12-15

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

Chinese Marriages in Transition

From Patriarchy to New Familism

by Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen

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ISBN: 9781978804661

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-09-15

Format: Paperback

218 Pages

Enduring Polygamy

Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis

by Bruce Whitehouse

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ISBN: 9781978831131

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-04-14

Format: Paperback

240 Pages

Arranged Marriage

The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change

Edited by Péter Berta

Contributions by Asha L. Abeyasekera, Marian Aguiar, Péter Berta, Shalini Grover, Christina Julios, Serena Petrella, Noorfarah Merali, Raksha Pande, Yafa Shanneik, Schirin Vahle, Pan Wang, Sima Zalcberg Block and Helena Zeweri

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ISBN: 9781978822825

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2023-03-17

Format: Paperback

254 Pages

Opting Out

Women Messing with Marriage around the World

Edited by Joanna Davidson and Dinah Hannaford

Contributions by Joanna Davidson, Dinah Hannaford, Julia Pauli, Jacqueline Solway, Sarah Lamb, Laura C. Nelson, Kimberly Walters, Melanie A. Medeiros, Carla Freeman, Akiko Takeyama, Brady G’Sell and Carla Jones

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ISBN: 9781978830103

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-11-11

Format: Paperback

260 Pages

Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century

A Global Perspective

Edited by Erin E. Stiles and Ayang Utriza Yakin

Contributions by Erin E. Stiles, Ayang Utriza Yakin, Elisa Giunchi, Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Fatima Essop, Fulera Issaka-Toure, Jean-Michel Landry, Dorothea Schulz, Souleymane Diallo, Rune Steenberg, Katherine Lemons and Nadia Hussain

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ISBN: 9781978829060

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-09-16

Format: Paperback

236 Pages

Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy

Edited by Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, Christine A. Nelson and Heather J. Shotton

Contributions by Christine A. Nelson, Tiffany S. Lee, Leola Tsinnajinnie-Paquin, Susan Faircloth, Nicole Reyes, Nizhoni Chow-Garcia, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Alayah Johnson-Jennings, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings, Dwanna L. McKay, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Shelly Lowe, Tria Blu Wakpa, Symphony Oxendine, Denise Henning, Renée Holt, Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Theresa Gregor, Sloan Woska-pi-mi Shotton, Heather J. Shotton, Pearl Brower, Erin Kahunawaika?ala Wright, Kaiwipuni Lipe, Charlotte Davidson and Stephanie Waterman

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ISBN: 9781978816374

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-08-19

Format: Paperback

290 Pages

Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea

Reflections and Future Directions

Edited by Minjeong Kim and Hyeyoung Woo

Contributions by Ilju Kim, Julie S Kim, YoonKyung Kwak, Hyun Mee Kim, Yu Seon Yu, Sohoon Yi, Nora-Hui-Jung Kim, Hsin-Chieh Chang, Minjung Kim, Harris Hyun-soo Kim, Lindsey Wilkinson, Wonjeong Jeong and Sojung Lim

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ISBN: 9781978803107

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-06-17

Format: Paperback

272 Pages

Agency

The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power

by Ian V. Rowe

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ISBN: 9781599475837

Publisher: Templeton Press

Pub Date: 2022-05-23

Format: Hardcover

304 Pages

Childfree across the Disciplines

Academic and Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children

Edited by Davinia Thornley

Contributions by Davinia Thornley, Berenice Fisher, Melanie Brewster, Olivia Snow, Adi Avivi, Amanda Michiko Shigihara, Christopher Clausen, Laura Carroll, Natalia Cherjovsky, Rhonny Dam, Laura S. Scott, Erika M. Arias, Laurie Lisle and Anna Gotlib

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ISBN: 9781978823082

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-04-15

Format: Paperback

232 Pages

Transnational Marriage and Partner Migration

Constellations of Security, Citizenship, and Rights

Edited by Anne-Marie D'Aoust

Contributions by Anne-Marie D'Aoust, Betty de Hart, Saskia Bonjour, Massilia Ourabah, Ji-Yeon Yuh, Helena Wray, Grace Tran, Kerry Abrams, Daniel Pham, Manuela Salcedo, Laura Odasso, Mieke Vandenbroucke, Pardis Mahdavi, Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, Eithne Luibhéid and Audrey Macklin

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ISBN: 9781978816701

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2022-02-11

Format: Paperback

306 Pages

The Politics of International Marriage in Japan

by Viktoriya Kim, Nelia G. Balgoa and Beverley Anne Yamamoto

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ISBN: 9781978809017

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-12-10

Format: Paperback

194 Pages

Intimate Connections

Love and Marriage in Pakistan’s High Mountains

by Anna-Maria Walter

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ISBN: 9781978820487

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-12-10

Format: Paperback

244 Pages

Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages

Religion, Gender, and Belonging

Edited by Yafa Shanneik and Annelies Moors

Contributions by Annelies Moors, Yafa Shanneik, Mary Elaine Hegland, Anna-Maria Walter, Jihan Safar, Marianne Hafnor Bøe, Eva Nisa, Sophie Yvie Girard and Tara Asgarilaleh

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ISBN: 9781978818460

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-10-15

Format: Paperback

176 Pages

Intimate Inequalities

Millennials' Romantic Relationships in Contemporary Times

by Cristen Dalessandro

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ISBN: 9781978823891

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-07-16

Format: Paperback

196 Pages

Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration

Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the United Kingdom

by Natasha Carver

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ISBN: 9781978805538

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-05-14

Format: Paperback

286 Pages

Learning to Love

Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora

by Raksha Pande

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ISBN: 9780813599632

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-03-19

Format: Paperback

154 Pages

Making the Right Choice

Narratives of Marriage in Sri Lanka

by Asha L. Abeyasekera

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ISBN: 9781978810303

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-03-12

Format: Paperback

228 Pages

The Divine Institution

White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family

by Sophie Bjork-James

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ISBN: 9781978821842

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2021-03-12

Format: Paperback

198 Pages

Like Family

Narratives of Fictive Kinship

by Margaret K. Nelson

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ISBN: 9780813564050

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-04-17

Format: Paperback

244 Pages

Marriage and Health

The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples

Edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek and Lindsey Wilkinson

Contributions by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson, Dustin Brown, Sarah Marie Flood, Katherine Rose Genadek, Eli Alston-Stepnitz, David M Frost, Allen J LeBlanc, Abbie E Goldberg, JuliAnna Z Smith, Lori E Ross, Justin T Denney, Jarron M Saint Onge, Bridget K Gorman, Patrick M Krueger, Wen Fan, Zelma Oyavirde Tuthill, Navya R Kumar, Lacey J Ritter, Koji Ueno, Russell L Spiker, Andrew Fenelon, Christina Dragon, Matt Ruther, Ning Hsieh, Emily Kazyak, Emma Finken, Kara Sutton, Richard K Scotch, Kara Joyner, Wendy Manning, Barbara Prince, Sara Mernitz, Amanda Pollitt, Karin L Brewster, Kathryn Harker Tillman, Giuseppina Valle Holway and Rachel L Henry

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ISBN: 9781978803480

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-03-13

Format: Paperback

294 Pages

Intimate Geopolitics

Love, Territory, and the Future on India’s Northern Threshold

by Sara Smith

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ISBN: 9780813598567

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-03-13

Format: Paperback

182 Pages

Courting Desire

Litigating for Love in North India

by Rama Srinivasan

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ISBN: 9781978803534

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2020-01-17

Format: Paperback

216 Pages

Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage

Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

by Joanne Payton

Foreword by Deeyah Khan

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ISBN: 9781978801714

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-11-15

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

The End of International Adoption?

An Unraveling Reproductive Market and the Politics of Healthy Babies

by Estye Fenton

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ISBN: 9780813599687

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-06-28

Format: Paperback

182 Pages

Mothering from the Field

The Impact of Motherhood on Site-Based Research

Edited by Bahiyyah M. Muhammad and Melanie-Angela Neuilly

Contributions by Kelly Ward, Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Lindsey Alyssa Marco, Stacey Camp, Kelley Sams, Lydia Zacher Dixon, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Muntaquim Muhammad, Grace Karram Stephenson, John M Stephenson, Joanne Florence Karram, Brian C Wolf, Anne Hardgrove, Kimberly Garland-Campbell, Sarah Kelman, Marylynn Steckley, Deirdre Guthrie, Aprille Ericsson, Arielle Ericsson White, Dawn Ericsson-Provine, Mikae Provine, Pierre Ericsson and Ryanne Pilgeram

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ISBN: 9781978800564

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-06-14

Format: Paperback

308 Pages

Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan

by Amy Brainer

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ISBN: 9780813597607

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2019-01-11

Format: Paperback

166 Pages

Romancing the Sperm

Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families

by Diane Tober

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ISBN: 9780813590783

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-11-30

Format: Paperback

240 Pages

Legitimating Life

Adoption in the Age of Globalization and Biotechnology

by Sonja van Wichelen

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ISBN: 9781978800519

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-11-14

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

Manhood Impossible

Men's Struggles to Control and Transform Their Bodies and Work

by Scott Melzer

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ISBN: 9780813584898

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-08-31

Format: Paperback

292 Pages

Others' Milk

The Potential of Exceptional Breastfeeding

by Kristin J. Wilson

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ISBN: 9780813593838

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-08-27

Format: Paperback

296 Pages

You've Always Been There for Me

Understanding the Lives of Grandchildren Raised by Grandparents

by Rachel E. Dunifon

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ISBN: 9780813583990

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-08-17

Format: Paperback

244 Pages

Familiar Perversions

The Racial, Sexual, and Economic Politics of LGBT Families

by Liz Montegary

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ISBN: 9780813591353

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-07-18

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

Marriage, Divorce, and Distress in Northeast Brazil

Black Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect, and Kinship

by Melanie A. Medeiros

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ISBN: 9780813588230

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2018-07-02

Format: Paperback

222 Pages

Narrating Love and Violence

Women Contesting Caste, Tribe, and State in Lahaul, India

by Himika Bhattacharya

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ISBN: 9780813589534

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2017-12-28

Format: Paperback

220 Pages

Embodying the Problem

The Persuasive Power of the Teen Mother

by Jenna Vinson

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ISBN: 9780813591001

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2017-12-11

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

Mothering by Degrees

Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education

by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson

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ISBN: 9780813588421

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2017-05-31

Format: Paperback

272 Pages

Planning Families in Nepal

Global and Local Projects of Reproduction

by Jan Brunson

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ISBN: 9780813578613

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2016-03-29

Format: Paperback

Labor of Love

Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies

by Heather Jacobson

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ISBN: 9780813569505

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2016-03-15

Format: Paperback

218 Pages

Family Trouble

Middle-Class Parents, Children's Problems, and the Disruption of Everyday Life

by Ara Francis

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ISBN: 9780813570525

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2015-09-18

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Sacred Divorce

Religion, Therapeutic Culture, and Ending Life Partnerships

by Kathleen E. Jenkins

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ISBN: 9780813563466

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2014-06-12

Format: Paperback

236 Pages

How the West Really Lost God

A New Theory of Secularization

by Mary Eberstadt

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ISBN: 9781599474663

Publisher: Templeton Press

Pub Date: 2014-06-09

Format: Paperback

268 Pages

Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life

by Stephen M. Cherry

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ISBN: 9780813562049

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2014-01-03

Format: Paperback

256 Pages

Queering Marriage

Challenging Family Formation in the United States

by Katrina Kimport

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ISBN: 9780813562216

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2013-11-21

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Amigas y Amantes

Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family

by Katie L. Acosta

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ISBN: 9780813561950

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2013-10-30

Format: Paperback

192 Pages

Covenant Marriage

The Movement to Reclaim Tradition in America

by Steven Nock, Laura Sanchez and James Wright

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ISBN: 9780813543260

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2008-07-16

Format: Paperback

212 Pages

For Better or For Worse

Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy

by Hung Cam Thai

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ISBN: 9780813542898

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2008-02-20

Format: Paperback

240 Pages

Awesome Families

The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ

by Kathleen E. Jenkins

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ISBN: 9780813536644

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Pub Date: 2005-10-26

Format: Paperback

296 Pages