Compiling 18 lessons on five discs, Our Families, Ourselves—subtitled “An Introduction to Marriages and Families”—combines interviews with experts, academics, and real-life families in daily life, as well as dramatic sketches, core concept clips, and review segments, to explore the family unit and domestic culture. Each lesson is broken down into manageable segments: the opening episode “Changing Families,” for instance, offers an overview of contemporary families, examining the effects on children of “broken” vs. “intact” families, idealized perceptions (and stereotypes) of the family, alternative family structures (here spotlighting a lesbian couple and their daughter, who has a half-dozen grandmothers), and the role of the family in social change, among other topics. Other lessons include “Family History,” “Love and Loving,” “Sex and Sexuality,” “To Parent or Not to Parent,” “Working,” “Family Violence,” “Remarriage and Stepfamilies,” “Growing Older,” and “Families of Today and Tomorrow.” Tied to a separately available course textbook (Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices and Constraints by Nijole V. Benokraitis), correlated learning tools include a PDF course guide and customizable “eContent.” Recommended. Aud: C, P. (J. Williams-Wood)
Our Families, Ourselves
(2007) 5 discs. 540 min. DVD: $399. INTELECOM. PPR. Closed captioned. ISBN: 978-1-58370-025-9. Volume 23, Issue 1
Our Families, Ourselves
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