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Ten country-based case studies explore how responses to the COVID-19 pandemic shaped, and were shaped by, family life. Research with families reveals how they coped with lockdown laws, dealt with worry and got to grips with online work. The book gives an international perspective on a global phenomenon that transformed everyday life for millions.

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"""Family Life in the time of COVID takes us into homes that, worldwide, became the total worlds of people ordered to 'stay at home'. These poignant, evocative and engaging accounts illustrate how, in the confusion and frustration of COVID's first two years, people found bravery and inspiration--to navigate breaking points, wrestle with boredom, cook and clean, educate and mediate, and care for others and for self."" --Lenore Manderson, Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Medical Anthropology, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa ""This is a really excellent collection. It will be a marker in the broad field of the impact of major upheavals on family lives and relationships beyond the COVID pandemic itself. The extent of international contributions goes beyond the cross-national reach of other collections on family lives."" --Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology, University of Southampton ""This wonderful book tackles a topic of vital importance. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed huge stresses on families across the world as people are faced with fears about loved ones' health, managing children's education, caring for older family members, and attempting to avoid infection or cope with illness while continuing to support the family financially. All these topics and more are covered in depth, highlighting both the shared and context-specific dimensions of these experiences across diverse nations and cultures."" --Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Centre for Social Research, Health and the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia"

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Katherine Twamley is Professor of Sociology at the UCL Social Research Institute. Humera Iqbal is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology based at the UCL Social Research Institute. Her work looks at young people and families particularly from migrant and minority groups, social representations, citizenship and identity. Another strand of her research interrogates the influence of culture, nature and the arts on wellbeing and belonging. Humera uses mixed methods, arts and film-based methods in her research. Charlotte Faircloth is Associate Professor in the Social Research Institute at UCL. From sociological and anthropological perspectives, her work has focused on parenting, gender and reproduction using qualitative and cross-cultural methodologies. This research has explored infant feeding, couple relationships, intergenerational relations and, recently, the impact of coronavirus on family life.

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