Marriage in men's lives:
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Beteilige Person: Nock, Steven L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1998
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index
Because men and women live in worlds that are organized around gender, their marriages reflect differing realities. This text focuses on marriage as a system of rules, customs and expectations, and shows that marriage changes men on basic dimensions of achievement, participation in public and social life, and philanthropy because marriage reinforces such behaviours as part of adult masculinity. Using a database of over 6,000 interviews with men the author has studied since 1979, the conclusions point to the nature of marriage and predict that marriage is definitely here to stay
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 165 p.)
ISBN:0195353048
1280529873
9780195120561
9780195353044
9781280529870