Fast Families, Virtual Children: A Critical Sociology of Families and Schooling

by Ben Agger, Beth Anne Shelton, Beth Shelton

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The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and shopping. What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1594513392

ISBN13:9781594513398

Release Date:May 2007

Publisher:Routledge

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.6" x 9.3"

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Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Family Relationships Marriage & Family Media Studies Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology

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