This new fourth edition offers a thought-provoking introduction to key issues, questions, findings, and debates in family studies. Combining high-quality readings with contextualizing part introductions, this compelling collection explores the complex dynamics of family life with a focus on how gendered relationships continue to play a major role in the structure of today's families. With classic and contemporary readings from Canada, the US, and the UK, Family Patterns, Gender Relations offers students a wide variety of perspectives on what it means to be a family in our modern world.
