Father and Daughter

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1810-1
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Father and daughter provides an unique ‘insider perspective’ on two key figures in twentieth-century British social science. Ann Oakley, a highly respected sociologist and best-selling writer, draws on her own life and that of her father, Richard Titmuss, a well-known policy analyst and defender of the welfare state, to offer an absorbing view of the connections between private lives and public work. Using an innovative mix of biography, autobiography, intellectual history, archives, and personal interviews, some of which have not been previously available to the public, she provides a compelling narrative about gender, patriarchy, methodology, and the politics of memory and identity. This fascinating analysis defies the usual social science publications to offer a truly distinctive account which will be of wide interest.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oakley, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Daughter of a Blue Plaque Man;
Falling into the Bog of History;
Memory and Identity;
Family and Kinship in London and Other Places;
Mrs Titmuss’s Diaries;
Love and Solitude;
The Story of the Titmice: an alternative version;
Meeting Win;
Harem in Houghton Street;
Difficult Women;
Post-Mortem;
The Troubles;
Dusting his Bookshelves;
Vera's Rose;
This Procession of Educated Men;
Telling stories.

Über Autor(innen)

Oakley, Ann
Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Social Research Institute. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. Her books include The Sociology of Housework, From Here to Maternity and The Men's Room which was serialised by the BBC in 1991, and most recently Women, Peace and Welfare (Policy Press, 2018).

Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. She founded both the Social Science Research Unit and the EPPI-Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, and has a long-term interest in gender, welfare, and the shaping of public policy.