Dimensions
154 x 231 x 13mm
'Griffith Review' is a quarterly publication of fine writing and debate, presenting outstanding new writing about topical subjects. Family Politics goes behind the political rhetoric about families and explores the reality of life in small groups.
'Family Politics' will analyse the contradictions and complications that have arisen as family is put at the centre of the political life. The creation of the ideal of the family as a result of political marketing will be juxtaposed with the dynamics of family life. At a time when fewer Australians are living in traditional nuclear families than ever before, the gap between the lived reality and public image of family life is greater than ever.
A major essay by Joanna Mendelssohn will put this debate in the context of the reality of caring for elderly parents and young children at a time when sharp decisions are made about good and bad families. As Mendelssohn cared for her aging mother she learned more about the stresses and complications of her life at a time when options for women were limited. This essay will range across the personal and the political to provide real insight into the reality of what happens when family politics becomes part of large P politics.
Other contributors to this issue include: Anne Deveson, Georgia Blain, Mark Dapin, Tom Morton, Rosie Scott, Inez Baranay, Carmel Bird, Marion Halligan, Creed O'Hanlon, Natalie Scott, MJ Hyland, Anna Funder, Christopher Jay.
