Masking Dependency: The Political Role of Family Rhetoric
Martha Fineman
Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-8319-9080
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Keywords
Dependency, Family, Poverty, Marriage, Social institutions, Single motherhood
Abstract
In this Article, I want to explore the schizophrenic nature of the interaction between social ideals and empirical observations concerning dependency. I am particularly interested in the family as a social and political construct that facilitates this interaction. Specifically, I argue that continued adherence to..