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Thinking Through Family
Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
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Understanding what 'family' means — and how best to support families — depends on challenging politicised assumptions that frame 'ordinary' families in comparison to an imagined problematic 'other'. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book, Thinking Through Family,...
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Drawing from longitudinal research, this book shows how the perspectives of people who have been in care can help us redefine the concept of family. Through a narrative analysis of the complexity of family lives, the author challenges the idea that some families are 'ordinary', while others are troubled, problematic and 'other'.
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Description
Understanding what 'family' means — and how best to support families — depends on challenging politicised assumptions that frame 'ordinary' families in comparison to an imagined problematic 'other'.
Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book, Thinking Through Family, helps redefine the concept of family. Linking two longitudinal studies involving young adults in England, it reveals important new insights into the diverse and dynamic complexity of family lives, identities, and practices through time — from childhood and beyond.
Paving the way for future policy and practice, Thinking Through Family makes an important contribution to the theorisation of family in the 21st century.
Series: Sociology of Children and Families
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Thinking Through Family
Understanding what 'family' means — and how best to support families — depends on challenging politicised assumptions that frame 'ordinary' families in comparison to an imagined problematic 'other'. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book, Thinking Through Family, helps redefine the concept of family. Linking two longitudinal studies involving young adults in...Paperback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529214727
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Illustration: 1 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Contributors:
- Other adaptation by Fidelma Hanrahan
- Other adaptation by Bella Wheeler
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 196
About the Author
Janet Boddy is Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor in the Childhood, Family and Welfare Division of NOVA at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Fidelma Hanrahan is Senior Research Officer at Research in Practice.
Bella Wheeler is Research Associate in the Methodologies Division in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College London.
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