Rethinking the Life Cycle

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Individual and Society: A Processual Approach....Pages 17-29
Measuring the Family Life Cycle: Concepts, Data and Methods....Pages 30-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Perpetuation of a Folk Model of the Life Cycle and Kinship in a Pottery Factory....Pages 53-71
Rethinking the Family Life Cycle: Sexual Divisions, Work and Domestic Life in the Post-war Period....Pages 72-87
Images of Age and Generation among Older Aberdonians....Pages 88-102
The Social Construction of Babyhood: The Definition of Infant Care as a Medical Problem....Pages 103-121
Life: Cycle, Trajectory or Pilgrimage? A Social Production Approach to Marxism, Metaphor and Mortality....Pages 122-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Intergenerational Transfers and Life Course Management: Towards a Socio-economic Perspective....Pages 141-154
Family Obligations and the Life Course....Pages 155-169
The Effect of Life Cycle on Three Dimensions of Stratification....Pages 170-191
The Life Cycle and the Labour Market in Hartlepool....Pages 192-206
The Impact of Mortgage Arrears on the Housing Careers of Home Owners....Pages 207-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-255