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"Family Values" and Domestic Economies

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ID2296441
AuthorsGerald W Creed (Department of Anthropology, Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume29
Issue1
Pages329-355
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.329
OpenAlexW2137320171
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited136

This review inverts the idiom "family values" to show the value of the family. It grounds this value in family economic activity but advocates an interactive approach in which cultural commitments to the family influence economic and political outcomes. Historical and ethnographic research on the family is mustered to illustrate the interaction and then combined with theories of capitalism and nationalism to account for the resonance of the family values discourse. A final section reviews the potential dangers of family-focused research.That tradesman who does not delight in his family will never long delight in his business. D. Defoe

Adam smith · Capitalism · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Exchange value · Family business · Family values · Management · Nationalism · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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