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- catalog abstract "Barbara Dafoe Whitehead's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In The Divorce Culture she expands her argument. She shows us how our high-divorce society is creating a low-commitment culture where the breaking of bonds becomes a defining fact and metaphor in our most vital human relations, and where the interests and needs of children are increasingly neglected. Using a variety of cultural sources - children's books, greeting cards, and the literature of self-help, etiquette, and advice - as well as psychological and sociological research, she provides historical perspective and shows how Americans who once viewed divorce as a last resort have come to see it as an entitlement. She traces the change most particularly to the mid-sixties, when a major, and troublesome, shift took place, leading to what she calls "expressive divorce"--Divorce as an individual prerogative, and as a source of personal growth and new opportunity. Whitehead does not oppose divorce as such. She assumes that it is often the only possible remedy for an irretrievably broken or violence-ridden marriage. Rather, it is against casual divorce that she argues - divorce that focuses on one person's rights, needs, and desires without regard to the consequences for others, especially children. And she makes us see how little attention is paid to preparation for marriage, with the result that it all too frequently turns out to be short-term, contingent, and subject to abrupt termination.".
- catalog contributor b9930014.
- catalog created "1997, c1996.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997, c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997, c1996.".
- catalog description "Barbara Dafoe Whitehead's Atlantic Monthly article "Dan Quayle Was Right" ignited a media debate on the effects of divorce that rages still. In The Divorce Culture she expands her argument. She shows us how our high-divorce society is creating a low-commitment culture where the breaking of bonds becomes a defining fact and metaphor in our most vital human relations, and where the interests and needs of children are increasingly neglected.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-214) and index.".
- catalog description "The making of a divorce culture. The problem of divorce -- The rise of expressive divorce -- The divorce ethic -- Divorce "for the sake of the children" -- The children's story of divorce -- More perfect unions? -- Coming apart -- Dismantling the divorce culture.".
- catalog description "Using a variety of cultural sources - children's books, greeting cards, and the literature of self-help, etiquette, and advice - as well as psychological and sociological research, she provides historical perspective and shows how Americans who once viewed divorce as a last resort have come to see it as an entitlement. She traces the change most particularly to the mid-sixties, when a major, and troublesome, shift took place, leading to what she calls "expressive divorce"--Divorce as an individual prerogative, and as a source of personal growth and new opportunity.".
- catalog description "Whitehead does not oppose divorce as such. She assumes that it is often the only possible remedy for an irretrievably broken or violence-ridden marriage. Rather, it is against casual divorce that she argues - divorce that focuses on one person's rights, needs, and desires without regard to the consequences for others, especially children. And she makes us see how little attention is paid to preparation for marriage, with the result that it all too frequently turns out to be short-term, contingent, and subject to abrupt termination.".
- catalog extent "x, 224 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Divorce culture.".
- catalog identifier "0679432302 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Divorce culture.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997, c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Alfred Knopf ; Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Divorce culture.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.89/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Children United States Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Divorce United States.".
- catalog subject "Families United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ834 .W575 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "The making of a divorce culture. The problem of divorce -- The rise of expressive divorce -- The divorce ethic -- Divorce "for the sake of the children" -- The children's story of divorce -- More perfect unions? -- Coming apart -- Dismantling the divorce culture.".
- catalog title "The divorce culture / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead.".
- catalog type "text".