Part I: Family Labor and the Construction of Gender 1. Being the "Go-To Guy": Fatherhood, Masculinity, and the Organization of Work in Silicon Valley Marianne Cooper 2. My Wife Can Tell Me Who I Know: Methodological and Conceptual Problems in Studying Fathers Annette Lareau 3. Constructing Gender and Occupational Segregation: Women and Work in Fishing Communities Carrie L. Yodanis 4. Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families Christopher Carrington Part II: Employment and the Care of Children 5. Halving It All: The Mother and Mr. Mom Francine Deutsch 6.

I'm Here, but I'm There: The Meanings of Transnational Motherhood Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Ernestine Avila 7. Using Kin for Childcare: Embedment in the Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families Lynet Uttal 8. Work-Family Issues of Mothers of Teenage Children Demie Kurz Part III: Family, Community, and Social Context 9. Black Picket Fences: Growing Up in Groveland Mary Pattillo-McCoy 10. Single Mothers and Social Support: The Commitment to, and Retreat from, Reciprocity Margaret K. Nelson 11. The Third Shift: Gender and Care Work Outside the Home Naomi Gerstel 12. Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home Marjorie L.

DeVault Part IV: Policy, Politics, and Working Families 13. Challenges for Studying Care after AFDC Stacey Oliker 14. Living with Violence: Women's Reliance on Abusive Men in Their Transitions from Welfare to Work Ellen K. Scott, Andrew S. London, and Nancy A. Myers 15. Unions' Responses to Family Concerns Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson 16. The Contradictory Effects of Work and Family on Political Activism Rebecca E.

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