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  • The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class

    Reports from the Field

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  • Antropologia culturale 4/ed

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  • Prime-Time Society

    An Anthropological Analysis of Television and Culture, Updated Edition

    A landmark comparative study (U.S. and Brazil) of television's social and cultural effects on human behavior. The Updated Edition brings forward the author’s research on this topic since the original volume was published in 1990 with an extensive new Introduction. ... Leer más

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  • Media and Middle Class Moms

    Images and Realities of Work and Family

    Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues. The book insightfully reports that families struggle with, and make work/family decisions based largely on the images and ... Leer más

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  • Going Solo

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  • Marriage Confidential

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