The Power of the Past. Understanding Cross-Class Marriages.
Jessi Streib
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paperback. Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
In an era in which class divisions are becoming starker than ever, some individuals are choosing to marry across class.The Power of the Past traces the lives of a subset of these individuals - highly-educated adults who married a partner raised in a class different from their own, primarily between those from blue- and white-color backgrounds. Drawing upon detailed interviews with spouses who revealed the inner workings of their marriages, Jessi Streib shows that crossing class lines is not easy, and that even though these couples shared bank accounts, mortgages, children, and friends, each spouse was still shaped by the ... Read more
In an era in which class divisions are becoming starker than ever, some individuals are choosing to marry across class.The Power of the Past traces the lives of a subset of these individuals - highly-educated adults who married a partner raised in a class different from their own, primarily between those from blue- and white-color backgrounds. Drawing upon detailed interviews with spouses who revealed the inner workings of their marriages, Jessi Streib shows that crossing class lines is not easy, and that even though these couples shared bank accounts, mortgages, children, and friends, each spouse was still shaped by the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199364435
SKU
V9780199364435
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About Jessi Streib
Jessi Streib is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke University.
Reviews for The Power of the Past. Understanding Cross-Class Marriages.
This smart and engaging sociological monograph analyzes the marital experiences of 32 cross-class couples ... Streib skillfully melds her observations with analysis, and though not heavy on theory, her work does provide interesting comments regarding other sociological views on class and marriage. This book is well written and readable, very suitable for undergraduate collections on social stratification and on marriage ... Read more