Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Family Counts
Chapter 2. Who Counts as Family?
Chapter 3. Family Accounts: How Americans Talk About Family
Chapter 4. Family Counts Divided: Social Location and Definitions of Family
Chapter 5. Accounting for Sexuality: God, Genes, and Gays Danielle Fettes
Chapter 6. Discounting Sex: Gender, Parenting, and Definitions of Family
Chapter 7. Family Names Count: Marital Name Change and Definitions of Family Laura Hamilton
Chapter 8. Changing Counts, Counting Change: Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Family
Appendices
Notes
References
Index