Belonging in America: Reading Between the LinesUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 285 páginas Belonging in America gives voice to unspoken conventions and silent understandings and asks why our culture draws the lines it does--between home and work, family and friends, humans and animals. Throughout her fascinating book, Constance Perin shows us the systems of meaning through which contemporary American create social order and define their relationships. |
Índice
Introduction | 3 |
Keeping the Lines Straight | 17 |
Profaning the Family | 37 |
Penalizing Newcomers | 51 |
Tattling on Neighbors | 67 |
Bearing False Witness | 81 |
Renting the Dream | 97 |
Ungluing the Neighborhood | 112 |
IMPERFECT PEOPLE | 143 |
Locking Out Children | 160 |
THE CONSTITUTION OF MEN AND WOMEN | 175 |
Mothering Fathering and Dirty Work | 188 |
Maintaining Selfesteem | 203 |
Reprise | 217 |
Bringing in Biology | 231 |
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