Conrad Kottak: 3 books
Media and Middle Class Moms
Images and Realities of Work and Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues. The book insightfully...
The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class
Reports from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established...
Prime-Time Society
An Anthropological Analysis of Television and Culture, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
A landmark comparative study (U.S. and Brazil) of television's social and cultural effects on human behavior. The Updated Edition brings forward the author’s research on this topic since the original volume was published in 1990 with an extensive new Introduction.